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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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am·bit   (ām'bĭt)   
n.  
  1. An external boundary; a circuit.

  2. Sphere or scope. See Synonyms at range.


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