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ambient
[ am-bee-uhnt ]
adjective
- of the surrounding area or environment: The temperature in the display case was 20° lower than the ambient temperature.
Your voice mail picked up some ambient noise from airplanes and lawn mowers.
The temperature in the display case was 20° lower than the ambient temperature.
- completely surrounding; enveloping:
Many pollutants are present in ambient air in relatively low concentrations.
- creating a certain reaction or mood, often a subconscious one, by being wherever people tend to be:
ambient advertising on a shopping cart.
- pertaining to or noting sounds that create a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere:
I stream ambient ocean sounds to help me fall asleep.
- pertaining to or noting close and constant social contact and communication fostered by the internet or the use of digital devices:
social media sites that enable ambient intimacy and awareness.
noun
ambient
/ ˈæmbɪənt /
adjective
- of or relating to the immediate surroundings
the ambient temperature was 15°C
- creating a relaxing atmosphere
ambient music
noun
- informal.ambient music
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Other Words From
- un·ambi·ent adjective
- un·ambi·ent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ambient1
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Example Sentences
Lights will be ambient, allowing for the artwork to be spotlighted drawing specific attention to each unique piece.
Her 2013 release Lua Ya offers a beguiling type of Korean ambient vocal music, unlike anything else I heard during the year.
“I love Kanye—I met him at a fashion show,” Testino could be heard cooing before the ambient party-noise washed over them.
The office is gloriously quiet, and always nice and cool, given the ambient Seattle climate and the orientation toward the north.
These are hard times, and there's a lot of ambient anger looking for a target.
Ambient, am′bi-ent, adj. going round: surrounding: investing.
Arjun drove the chariot fair, While his shafts like countless locusts whistled through the ambient air!
Note that all animal life is cold-blooded, with a negligible difference between body and ambient temperatures.
Over the luncheon to which Tancred was presently summoned a foreboding hovered, ambient in the air.
The ambient fluid of the Winds is born, Air is born, invisible Element, felt yet unfeeling.
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