Look up: ambient

1. ambient
   A recommended air temperature used to transport or to store perishable foods.
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2. ambient
   [adj] - completely enveloping
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3. ambient
   Surrounding (applied to environmental media such as air, water, sediment or soil).
   Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss
   
   
4. Ambient
   Pre-existing or normal environment
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20747
   
   
5. ambient
   Literally = ‘surrounding`, but usually interpreted as ‘room temperature`.
   Found on http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100
   
   
6. Ambient
   Ambient: Surrounding, present on all sides; encompassing. As, the ambient noise is deafening, or the ambient light is blinding. From the Latin 'ambire' meaning 'to go around.'
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7. ambient
   the air surrounding an object; usually outside air or the air in an enclosure under study Category: Physics • usually,in air pollution,the air outdoors,as opposed to that indoors(including workplaces) Category: The cosmos • the dose equivalent or absorbed dose to soft tissue ...
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8. Ambient
   The surrounding atmosphere; encompassing on all sides; the environment surrounding a body but undisturbed or unaffected by it.
   Found on http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/glossary
   
   
9. Ambient
   Am'bi·ent adjective [ Latin ambiens , present participle of ambire to go around; amb- + ire to go.] Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. ' Ambient air.' Milton. ' Ambient clouds.' Pope.
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10. Ambient
    Am'bi·ent noun Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient . Sir H. Wotton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/67
    
    
11. ambient
    <ecology> Describes the surrounding environment (especially temperature and pressure) of an object or experiment, in particular an environment which affects the object or experiment but is not affected by it. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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12. Ambient
    • (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing. • (n.) Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
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13. Ambient
    [album] Ambient is the second studio album by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on August 17, 1993 and received mediocre reviews; Moby did not gain any real acclaim for his 1990s electronic dance music albums until he released Everything Is Wrong in 1995. Ambient, unlike mo...
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14. Ambient
    [desktop environment] Ambient is a MUI-based desktop environment for MorphOS. Its development was started in 2001 by David Gerber. Its main goals were that it should be simple and fast. Ambient remotely resembles Workbench and Directory Opus Magellan trying to mix the best of both worlds. ==...
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15. ambient
    Type: Term Pronunciation: am′bē-ent Definitions: 1. Surrounding, encompassing; pertaining to the immediate environment in which an organism or apparatus functions.
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16. Ambient
    (F ambiant, R ambiant, inconjurator)Surrounding. Usually used in the context of environmental conditions, eg. temperature or noise (BS 4275)
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17. Ambient
    [novel] Ambient is the dystopian debut novel of cyberpunk writer Jack Womack, the first in his Dryco series. Published in 1987, it was translated into Slovak by Michal Hvorecký, and has a significant cult following. Actor Bruce Willis optioned the novel, and renewed the option in 1995 (thus enabling Womack to quit his "day job"). ...
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