Am"bi*ent, n. Something that surrounds
or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient. Sir
H. Wotton.
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.