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am⋅bit
[am-bit]
–noun
| 1. | circumference; circuit. |
| 2. | boundary; limit. |
| 3. | a sphere of operation or influence; range; scope: the ambit of such an action. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L ambitus a going around, equiv. to amb- ambi- + itus a going (i- (s. of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action)
1350–1400; ME < L ambitus a going around, equiv. to amb- ambi- + itus a going (i- (s. of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action)

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Language Translation for : ambit
| Spanish: | claustro, | German: | der Kreuzgang, | Japanese: | 回廊 |
| am·bit
(ām'bĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Latin ambitus, from past participle of ambīre, to go around; see ambient.] |
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| ambit | |
noun | |
| an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn: scope] |
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AMBIT language
Algebraic Manipulation by Identity Translation (also claimed: "Acronym May Be Ignored Totally").
An early pattern-matching language, developed by C. Christensen of Massachusetts Computer Assocs in 1964, aimed at algebraic manipulation.
[Sammet 1969, pp. 454-457].
(1994-12-08)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Ambit
Am"bit\, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around. See Ambient.] Circuit or compass. His great parts did not live within a small ambit. --Milward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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