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Environment : (noun)
1: the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the
comfortable environment of his livingroom"
2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the
country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environs,
surroundings, surround]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Environment : \En*vi"ron*ment\, n. [Cf. F. environnement.]
1. Act of environing; state of being environed.
2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions,
influences, or forces, by which living forms are
influenced and modified in their growth and development.
It is no friendly environment, this of thine.
--Carlyle.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Environment :
environment variable
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Environment : Environment: The sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an development , action or survival of an organism or group of organisms.
The environment is as opposed to inheritance and our environment.
The EPA ) is the American government agency charged to "protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment -- air, water, and land -- upon which life depends."
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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