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ambience

/ˈæm.bi.əns/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about ambience at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A particular environment or surrounding influence.
    there was an atmosphere of excitement
  2. The atmosphere of an environment.

Origin

From ambient + -ence.

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