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Notebook, 1993-

DIMENSIONS: CONTEXT / Relationship

Ambiance











Encompassing mood or spirit associated with a particular place, time, person, thing . . . . Existing or present on all sides . . . . Atmosphere


R  E  F  E  R  E  N  C  E  S 
Ambiance n [F ambiance, fr. ambiant ambient] [1889: a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing: Atmosphere

1 Ambient adj [L ambient-, ambiens, prp. of ambiere to go around, fr. ambi- + ire to go -more at Issue] 1596: existing or present on all sides: Encompassing

2 Ambient n [1624]: an encomapssing atmosphere: Environment

[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]




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