ambient
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
Example
“A cup of warm tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.”
Other meanings
Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
Related words
- nonambient
- subambient
- superambient
Word history
From Latin "ambiēns" (going around).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ambient” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.