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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)

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Language Translation for : ambit

Spanish:

claustro,

German:

der Kreuzgang,

Japanese:

回廊

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am·bit (ām'bĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

An external boundary; a circuit.
Sphere or scope. See Synonyms at range.

[Latin ambitus, from past participle of ambīre, to go around; see ambient.]

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]

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)

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.