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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  AMBIT
       
           Algebraic Manipulation by Identity Translation
          (also claimed: "Acronym May Be Ignored Totally").
       
          An early pattern-matching language, developed by
          C. Christensen of Massachusetts Computer Assocs in 1964, aimed
          at algebraic manipulation.
       
          [Sammet 1969, pp. 454-457].
       
          (1994-12-08)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ambit \Am"bit\, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around.
     See Ambient.]
     Circuit or compass.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His great parts did not live within a small ambit.
                                                    --Milward.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ambit \Am"bit\, n. [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around.
     See Ambient.]
     Circuit or compass.
  
           His great parts did not live within a small ambit.
                                                    --Milward.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ambit
       n : an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
           control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of
           municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
           article"; "within the scope of an investigation";
           "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit
           of a world power" [syn: scope, range, reach, orbit,
            compass]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ambit
     Αγγλικά n.
     εύρος, όρια, εύρος επιρροής

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ambit
     n.
     1 (lb en by extension)
     2 # The extent of actions, thought#Noun, or the meaning#Noun of
  word#Noun, etc.
     3 # The area or sphere of control#Noun and influence#Noun of
  something.
     4 (lb en archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
     5 (lb en archaic rare) The circumference of something
  circular#Adjective; also, an arc#Noun; a circuit, an orbit#Noun.
     6 (lb en obsolete) ''Chiefly in the (glossary: plural) form''
  '''ambits''': the open space surround#Verb a building#Noun, town, etc.;
  the grounds#Noun or precincts of a place#Noun.
     Polish n.
     1 (lb pl architecture) ambulatory
     2 (lb pl architecture) retrochoir
     3 (lb pl archaic) ambition
     4 (lb pl archaic architecture) cloister

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ambit
     n.
     1 (lb en by extension)
     2 # The extent of actions, thought#Noun, or the meaning#Noun of
  word#Noun, etc.
     3 # The area or sphere of control#Noun and influence#Noun of
  something.
     4 (lb en archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
     5 (lb en archaic rare) The circumference of something
  circular#Adjective; also, an arc#Noun; a circuit, an orbit#Noun.
     6 (lb en obsolete) ''Chiefly in the (glossary: plural) form''
  '''ambits''': the open space surround#Verb a building#Noun, town, etc.;
  the grounds#Noun or precincts of a place#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ambit
     n.
     1 (lb en by extension)
     2 # The extent of actions, thought#Noun, or the meaning#Noun of
  word#Noun, etc.
     3 # The area or sphere of control#Noun and influence#Noun of
  something.
     4 (lb en archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
     5 (lb en archaic rare) The circumference of something
  circular#Adjective; also, an arc#Noun; a circuit, an orbit#Noun.
     6 (lb en obsolete) ''Chiefly in the (glossary: plural) form''
  '''ambits''': the open space surround#Verb a building#Noun, town, etc.;
  the grounds#Noun or precincts of a place#Noun.
     Polish n.
     1 (lb pl architecture) ambulatory
     2 (lb pl architecture) retrochoir
     3 (lb pl archaic) ambition
     4 (lb pl archaic architecture) cloister

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ambit
     n.
     1 (lb en by extension)
     2 # The extent of actions, thought#Noun, or the meaning#Noun of
  word#Noun, etc.
     3 # The area or sphere of control#Noun and influence#Noun of
  something.
     4 (lb en archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
     5 (lb en archaic rare) The circumference of something
  circular#Adjective; also, an arc#Noun; a circuit, an orbit#Noun.
     6 (lb en obsolete) ''Chiefly in the (glossary: plural) form''
  '''ambits''': the open space surround#Verb a building#Noun, town, etc.;
  the grounds#Noun or precincts of a place#Noun.
     Polish n.
     1 (lb pl architecture) ambulatory
     2 (lb pl architecture) retrochoir
     3 (lb pl archaic) ambition
     4 (lb pl archaic architecture) cloister

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ambit /ˈambɪt/
  النّطاق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ambit //ˈæmbɪt// 
  1. сфера на влияние
  area or sphere of control and influence of something
  2. граница, обиколка, окръжение
  boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ambit /ˈambɪt/ 
  obvod

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ambit /ˈambɪt/ 
  hranice

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ambit /ˈambɪt/
  Geltungsbereich 
           Note: von etw.
     Synonyms: scope, range of validity/application
  
   see: scopes, ambits
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  ambit /ˈambɪt/
  1. környék
  2. hatáskör
  3. kiterjedés

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ambit /ˈambɪt/
  1. çevre, muhit, etraf.

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  ambit 
  àmbit  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambit":
     alentours, ambience, arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland,
     borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies,
     circumstances, compass, constituency, context, cycle, demesne,
     department, domain, dominion, entourage, environing circumstances,
     environment, environs, extension, extent, field, footing,
     full circle, gestalt, habitat, hemisphere, judicial circuit,
     jurisdiction, lap, loop, march, milieu, neighborhood, orb, orbit,
     outposts, outskirts, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct,
     precincts, province, purlieus, purview, radius, reach, realm,
     revolution, round, round trip, rounds, scope, situation, sphere,
     sphere of influence, stamping ground, suburbs, surroundings, sweep,
     territory, total environment, tour, turf, turn, vantage, vicinage,
     vicinity, walk
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 周围,范围,境界;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 周围,范围,境界,界限

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