n. | 1. | Circuit or compass. |
Noun | 1. | ambit - 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" |
(language) | 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]. |