ambient

Examples

• All

• Only the faint glow from the dashboard lights provides any ambient illumination.

  Fiction book (2002)

• My internal sensors tell me the ambient temperature in the room is ten point.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Everything else is subject to the ambient temperature in their environment.

• Or maybe you just want some smooth ambient light in your room.

  UrAvgConsumer

• The street surrendered enough ambient light for him to see what he needed to.

  Fiction book (1995)

• For example, both countries require ambient air quality standards for specific pollutants.

  Academic text (1992)

• All testing was completed in a sound-treated room or quiet listening environment to reduce ambient noise levels.

  Academic text (2008)

• The kamaboko sausages were stored at ambient temperature overnight and evaluated the following day.

  Academic text (1993)

• The soft music created an ambient atmosphere that made everyone feel relaxed.

• She adjusted the ambient lighting to create a cozy mood for the dinner party.

Synonyms

S

surrounding

vsambient

231 2.8

Something that is on all sides of a place or person

describes being about the local environment rather than only physical placement

E

encompassing

vsambient

1 4.7

Surrounding something on all sides

relates to the general nearby area rather than forming a tight boundary

Antonyms

I

isolated

88 3.8

Far from other places or people and hard to reach

How Encompassing

enveloping

3 4.3

ambient

37 6.1

surrounding

231 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology