ambient

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: am=bi=ent

CIDE DICTIONARY

ambient, a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.].

 Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.  [1913 Webster]

ambient, n. 

 Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.  Sir H. Wotton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ambient, adj. surrounding.

Etymology

F ambiant or L ambiens -entis pres. part. of ambire go round

THESAURUS

ambient

ambience, atmosphere, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, climate, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, neighboring, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, surroundings, wrapping

ROGET THESAURUS

ambient

Circumjacence

N circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity, circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban, around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about.