[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ambit \am"bit\, n. l. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around.
   see ambient.
   circuit or compass.
   1913 webster

         his great parts did not live within a small ambit.
                                                  --milward.
   1913 webster
see also:
ambient 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ambit
     n : an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
         control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of
         municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this
         article"; "within the scope of an investigation";
         "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit
         of a world power" syn: scope, range, reach, orbit,
          compass
see also:
scope range reach orbit compass 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "ambit":
   alentours, ambience, arena, bailiwick, beat, border, borderland,
   borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies,
   circumstances, compass, constituency, context, cycle, demesne,
   department, domain, dominion, entourage, environing circumstances,
   environment, environs, extension, extent, field, footing,
   full circle, gestalt, habitat, hemisphere, judicial circuit,
   jurisdiction, lap, loop, march, milieu, neighborhood, orb, orbit,
   outposts, outskirts, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct,
   precincts, province, purlieus, purview, radius, reach, realm,
   revolution, round, round trip, rounds, scope, situation, sphere,
   sphere of influence, stamping ground, suburbs, surroundings, sweep,
   territory, total environment, tour, turf, turn, vantage, vicinage,
   vicinity, walk

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

ambit
     
         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.
     
        1994-12-08
     
     
see also:
pattern-matching 

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