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en·vi·ron·ment  (n-vrn-mnt, -vrn-)
n.
1. The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings.
2. The totality of circumstances surrounding an organism or group of organisms, especially:
a. The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, and survival of organisms: We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism (Paul Brooks).
b. The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual or community.
3. Computer Science
a. The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system.
b. An area of a computers memory used by the operating system and some programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access.
environment [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt]
n
1. external conditions or surroundings, esp those in which people live or work
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Ecology the external surroundings in which a plant or animal lives, which tend to influence its development and behaviour
3. the state of being environed; encirclement
4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing an operating system, program, or integrated suite of programs that provides all the facilities necessary for a particular application a word-processing environment
environmental  adj
environmentally  adv
environment  (n-vrn-mnt)
All of the biotic and abiotic factors that act on an organism, population, or ecological community and influence its survival and development. Biotic factors include the organisms themselves, their food, and their interactions. Abiotic factors include such items as sunlight, soil, air, water, climate, and pollution. Organisms respond to changes in their environment by evolutionary adaptations in form and behavior.


environment  /nvarnmnt, varn/  n. 1 [C;U] the air, land, water, and surroundings that people, plants, and animals live in: The environment in big cities is usually polluted. 2 [C] a set of social conditions that affect people, an atmosphere: That child is growing up in a bad environment. -adj. environmental; -adv. environmentally.

Thesaurus: environment 1 the surroundings, habitat, locale 2 atmosphere, condition | milieu frml. environment
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