Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Surrounding; encircling.
- adjective Relating to or being instrumental or electronic music that has melody, gentle rhythm, and limited harmonic development and is intended to induce a relaxed mood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounding; encompassing on all sides; investing: applied to aëriform fluids or diffusible substances.
- Moving round; circling about.
- noun That which encompasses on all sides, as a sphere or the atmosphere.
- noun A canvasser, a suitor, or an aspirant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
- noun Something that surrounds or invests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Encompassing on all sides;surrounding ;encircling ;enveloping . - adjective music Evoking or creating an atmosphere:
atmospheric . - adjective Relating to, or suitable for,
storage atroom temperature . - noun Something that
surrounds . - noun uncountable, music A type of modern music which
incorporates elements ofvarious musical styles, and creates arelaxing andpeaceful atmosphere . - noun astrology The
atmosphere ; the surroundingair orsky ; plural atmospheric components collectively such as air,clouds ,water vapour ,hail , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective completely enveloping
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Just finished this book: five hundred pages of almost everything loosely associable with the term ambient music in the twentieth century.
Mina, Mina.... badger 2003
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I would also fathom to think that if you did allow a bit of time to elapse that it may have got warmer or cooler in ambient air temp.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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I would also fathom to think that if you did allow a bit of time to elapse that it may have got warmer or cooler in ambient air temp.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
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Perhaps in major cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City or Guadalajara or Veracruz, etc., the ambient is different.
bilby commented on the word ambient
Ambient 1.
September 6, 2009