Meaning of ENVIRONMENT
| Pronunciation: | | en'vIrunmunt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
- [n] the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | environs, surround, surroundings |
| |
| | See Also: | | ambiance, ambience, area, arena, background, circumstance, context, domain, ecology, element, field, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, habitat, home, medium, melting pot, milieu, orbit, parts, scene, scope, setting, setting, situation, sphere, state of affairs, street, surroundings | |
| Products Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | Environment
Environment more details ... |
| |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \En*vi"ron*ment\, n. [Cf. F. environnement.]
1. Act of environing; state of being environed.
2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions,
influences, or forces, by which living forms are
influenced and modified in their growth and development.
It is no friendly environment, this of thine.
--Carlyle.
|
| |
| Computing Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | environment variable |
| |
| Biology Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | - The complex of climatic, edaphic and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.
- Califonia state law defines environment as "the physical conditions which exist within the area which will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, mineral, flora, fauna, noise, and objects of historic or aesthetic significance."
|
| |
| Legal Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | The conditions, influences, or forces which affect the desirability and value of property, as well as the effect on people's lives. |
| |
| Glossary |
| |
| | Definition: | | everything external to the organism. |
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | ambience, ambient, atmosphere, backdrop, background, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, circumstances, climate, conditions, containment, context, ecosystem, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, envelopment, environs, existing conditions, full particulars, girding, girdling, habitat, inclusion, ins and outs, involvement, locale, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, set of conditions, setting, situation, status, status quo, surrounding, surroundings, territory, total situation, whole picture |
| |
|
|
|