Ambient

Adjective

 * 1)  Environmental or surrounding conditions.
 * 2) Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
 * A cup of tea eventually cools to the temperature.
 * “Ambient Intelligence” represents an intelligent environment of computing nodes.
 * 1)  Slow and peaceful; atmospheric.

Noun

 * 1) Something that surrounds.
 * 2)  A type of modern music which incorporates elements of various musical styles, and creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
 * 3) * 1996, SPIN magazine (volume 12, number 3, page 116)
 * Ambient can be flabby synth mulch that needs to access cyberism and external philosophies to convince you you're not being scammed.
 * 1)  The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; NaN undefineds atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
 * 2) * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
 * It might be also, that attracted by that great void Vacuum ... all the ambients would be rarified, and particularly, the air.

Synonyms

 * ambient music, chillout

Etymology
From ambiens:, from ambio:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"{m.bi:.@nt/}}

Thesaurus
ambience; atmosphere; circling; circumambient; circumferential; circumflex; circumfluent; circumfluous; circumjacent; climate; embracing; encircling; enclosing; encompassing; enfolding; enveloping; environing; medium; milieu; mise-en-scene; neighboring; peripheral; roundabout; suburban; surrounding; surroundings; wrapping

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: окръжаващ, заобикалящ
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: გარშემორტყმული
 * Icelandic: umlykjandi, allt um kring, umhverfi


 * Latvian: visaptverošs, ietverošs, apkārt esošs
 * Persian: محیط, محیطی
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: ambient-
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: ambientā mūzika
 * Persian: امبینت

Noun

 * Polish: otoczenie
 * Russian: окружающая среда


 * Swedish: omgivande


 * Finnish: ambient-musiikki
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: ambientā mūzika
 * Russian: эмбиент