ambit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
    reach; orbit; range; compass; scope.
    • a piano has a greater range than the human voice
    • 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

WordNet

Am"bit noun
Etymology
L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around. See Ambient.
Definitions
  1. Circuit or compass.
    His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward.

Webster 1913