Ambient (adjective)
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
“A cup of tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.”
Ambient (adjective)
Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Ambient (adjective)
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
“ambient food”
“ambient warehousing”
Ambient (adjective)
Containing describing a setting that one is interested in.
Ambient (noun)
Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
Ambient (noun)
The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
Ambient (noun)
A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Environment (noun)
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
Environment (noun)
The natural world or ecosystem.
Environment (noun)
All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
Environment (noun)
A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
Environment (noun)
The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
“That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.”
Environment (noun)
The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function’s scope and their bindings at that point.
Environment (noun)
The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
Environment (noun)
the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
“survival in an often hostile environment”
Environment (noun)
the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on
“a good learning environment”
Environment (noun)
the overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates
“a desktop development environment”
Environment (noun)
the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity
“the impact of pesticides on the environment”
“a parliamentary environment committee”