Ambient vs. Surroundings

Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

Example: ‘A cup of tea eventually cools to the ambient temperature.’;

(music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.

Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.

Example: ‘ambient food’; ‘ambient warehousing’;

(mathematics) Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.

Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.

(astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.

A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.

completely enveloping;

Example: ‘the ambient air’; ‘ambient sound’; ‘the ambient temperature’;

The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

(physics) All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.

the environmental condition

the area in which something exists or lives;

Example: ‘the country--the flat agricultural surround’;

Surroundings are the area around a given physical or geographical point or place. The exact definition depends on the field.