Definition of ambient

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am·bi·ent    (mb-nt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

Surrounding; encircling: ambient sound; ambient air.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin ambins , ambient- present participle of ambre, to surround : amb-, ambi-, around ; see ambi- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots

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