late 14c., "space surrounding a building or town; precinct;" 1590s, "a circuit," from Latin ambitus "a going round," past participle of ambire "to go round, to go ab [..]

(n) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

[0] the range of pitches . It is suggested here that the International Pitch Notation

The geographic scope of a voyage, including time extensions, covered by cargo insurance; e.g. Warehouse to Warehouse Clause, South American Clause, and the Marine Extension Clauses

<acronym> <programming language> 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]. (01 Mar 1994)

The sphere or area of control and influence of something. * '''1913''', , ''The Judgment House'', ch. 34, *: He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit [..]

lang=en * '''2012''' April, Hampton Sides, ''Unseen Titanic'', in ''National Geographic'', vol 221, number 4, page 86: *: "In recent years explorers like James Cameron and Paul-Henry Nargeolet have br [..]