ambiance

noun
/ˈɒm.bi.ɒns/UK/ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance.

  1. derived from ambiance

Definitions

  1. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

    • The pressures […] on a post-pubescent youngster, still half-child-half-man/woman, are difficult enough for someone whose sexuality fits into the accepted ambiance, i.e., heterosexuality.
  2. Of a three-dimensional model, a secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced…

    Of a three-dimensional model, a secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ambiance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ambiance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ambiance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA