ambiance
nounEtymology
Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance.
- derived from ambiance
Definitions
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.
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
- neighborambient
- neighboratmosphere
- neighbormood
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.
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.
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