Am"bi*ent (#), a. [L. ambiens, p. pr. 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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Am"bi*ent, n.
Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Sir H. Wotton.
© Webster 1913.