Ambient vs Circumstance - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ambient and circumstance

is that ambient is something that surrounds while circumstance is that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

As an adjective ambient

is encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

As a verb circumstance is

to place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.

ambient

English

(wikipedia ambient)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

A cup of tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.

* Alexander Pope

A glorious pile whose tow'ring summit ambient clouds concealed.

* Milton

This which yields or fills all space, the ambient air wide interfused.

(music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.

Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.

ambient food

ambient warehousing

(mathematics) Containing]] objects or [[describe, describing a setting that one is interested in.

* 1996 , Moshe Machover, Set Theory, Logic and Their Limitations , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 9780521479981), page 282

These, then, are characterizations of the system of natural numbers within an ambient set theory. And they seem to work, in the sense that in a sufficiently strong set theory it can be shown that Peano's axioms have (up to isomorphism) a unique model (cf. Rem. 6.1.8).

* 2008 , Akihiro Kanamori, The Higher Infinite: Large Cardinals in Set Theory from Their Beginnings , Springer Science & Business Media (ISBN 9783540888666), page 369

As much of the work in determinacy must proceed without AC, ZF serves as the ambient theory for this section , and uses of AC will be explicitly noted, reversing the usual procedure.

* 2011 , Henry W. Haslach Jr., Maximum Dissipation Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure , Springer Science & Business Media (ISBN 9781441977656), page 163

A point in the manifold is classically represented by a vector in the ambient space.

Noun

(en noun)

Something that surrounds.

(uncountable, music) A type of modern music which incorporates elements of various musical styles, and creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

* 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.

(astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.

* 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

* (music) ambient music, chillout

References

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circumstance

English

Alternative forms

* circumstaunce

Noun

(en noun)

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

* Washington Irving

The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}

An event; a fact; a particular incident.

* Addison

The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqoeror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history.

* 1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, p. 20:

Then another circumstance happened, which made a lasting impression on my memory, though I was but a small child.

Circumlocution; detail.

* Shakespeare

So without more circumstance at all / I hold it fit that we shake hands and part.

Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

* Addison

When men are easy in their circumstances , they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Derived terms

{{der3, attendant circumstance , extenuating circumstances , under no circumstance , under the circumstances}}

Verb

(circumstanc)

To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.

* 1858 , , Chapter 8:

Tidings had in some shape reached is ears that his father was not comfortably circumstanced as regarded money.