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Synonyms for ambient
Synonyms: Noun
atmosphere, climate, clime, context, contexture, environment, environs, medium, milieu, mise-en-scène, setting, surround, surroundings, terrain
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Examples of ambient in a Sentence
Adjective
Keep the chemicals at an ambient temperature of 70°F. the bright ambient light of the room People shopped as ambient music played in the background.Noun
observing how the survival techniques of primates vary with the ambient
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The majority of fungi grow well in ambient temperatures but only a small percentage can tolerate our body temperature. — Sanya Mansoor, Time, "Deadly Fungal Infection Emerged Because of Global Warming, Study Says," 24 July 2019 Pictures and videos look particularly crisp thanks to an ambient light sensor that adapts the screen brightness and warmth to match the room. — courant.com, "CNET: The best smart displays of 2019," 3 July 2019 The add-ons ranged from a trailer hitch ($1,168) to ambient interior lighting ($3,036) to full leather upholstery ($3,157) with heated and cooled front seats ($631). — San Diego Union-Tribune, "650-hp Lamborghini Urus is all beef, no bull," 14 July 2019 Despite being just 1-2% of the strength of daylight, this ambient level of incandescent home lighting can have 50% of the melatonin-suppressing influence within the brain. — Mayo Oshin, Quartzy, "Five scientifically proven ways to fall asleep faster," 19 June 2019 The ring of white puffy clouds at the base of the column might be a sign of ambient air being drawn into the column and the condensation of water vapor. — Fox News, "Raikoke volcano seen erupting in incredible image from space," 25 June 2019 The rough edges of the tape recordings fused well with his sparkling, ambient guitar work. — Kat Bein, Billboard, "San Holo Looks Back on 'Album1' Tour: 'A Chapter of My Life Translated Through Music'," 13 June 2019 And within a few years, so will HIRAX: an array of dishes in South Africa, Botswana and Rwanda that will hunt FRBs in an environment free from ambient radio signals. — Quanta Magazine, "With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close In on an Explanation," 28 Feb. 2019 The drum brigade wandered in and out of their 90-minute set, adding a primal intensity to ODESZA’s hypnotic blend of ambient atmospherics with future bass thumps and house propulsions. — Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times, "Review: Death Cab for Cutie, ODESZA’s Bellingham love fest starts summer early," 20 May 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
His paper on the disability-rights aspects of ambient noise was presented at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. — Joyce Cohen, Twin Cities, "For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation. It’s discrimination," 22 June 2019 Beginning this fall, Apple Watch will track your activity trends over time, help protect your hearing by alerting you to harmful levels of ambient noise, and allow users to track their menstrual cycles. — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, "The Apple Watch Is Now the Control Center for Your Health," 4 June 2019 The Simgot earbuds do a good job sealing out ambient sounds, while the AirPods do not – they were never meant to. — Jim Rossman, The Seattle Times, "Tech review: Simgot in-ear monitors offer great sound and a great price," 13 Apr. 2019 The first floor of the building will house Uncle Buck's, a bar with a North Woods theme that includes mounted buck trophies and LEDs that provide ambient lighting as well as accent lighting. — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "New bar-restaurants Uncle Buck's and Red Star will take advantage of location next to Fiserv Forum beer garden," 9 July 2019 Taking into account the nearby I-805 and Route 54, city staff noted that the ambient noise is already loud. — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Plans for Starbucks in National City move ahead," 24 June 2019 In a tribute to the man whose name has become synonymous with ambient music, astronomers renamed the asteroid formerly known as 81948 (2000 OM69) to Eno. — Chris Boyette, CNN, "This musician and composer just got an asteroid named after him," 27 June 2019 The Mac Pro showcase across the street looked like an Apple product video come to life: everything perfectly arranged, the light calibrated to catch every inch of aluminum in a positive angle while intense ambient music played overhead. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Inside Apple’s walled garden, developers take cover from Silicon Valley’s storms," 21 June 2019 William Tyler is a creative and talented guitarist who’s had aspects of the American Primitive school and ambient music blended into his approach. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Guitarist William Tyler playing Space Ballroom," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ambient.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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