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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: environment n 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}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: environment {environment variable}
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