/am"bee euhnt/ , adj.
1. of the surrounding area or environment: The tape recorder picked up too many ambient noises. The temperature in the display case was 20° lower than the ambient temperature.
2. completely surrounding; encompassing: the ambient air.
[ 1590-1600; ( ambient- (s. of ambiens, prp. of ambire to go around), equiv. to amb- AMBI- + -i- go + -ent- -ENT ]