What does "ambient" mean?
Ambient: Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. "Ambient air." Milton. "Ambient clouds." Pope.
Additional senses
- 2.Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient. Sir H. Wotton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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