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• Environment & Energy Publishing — LLC Type Monday through Friday Format online Owner Environment Energy Publishing, LLC Publisher Michael Witt Editor Kevin Braun Founded …   Wikipedia

• environment — [en vī′rən mənt, invī′rən mənt; ] often [, envī′ərnmənt, invī′ərnmənt] n. [ ENVIRON + MENT] 1. Rare a surrounding or being surrounded 2. something that surrounds; surroundings 3. a) all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding,… …   English World dictionary

• Environment — En*vi ron*ment, n. [Cf. F. environnement.] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed. [1913 Webster] 2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• surrounding — [səroun′diŋ, sərroun′diŋ] n. 1. that which surrounds 2. [pl.] the things, conditions, influences, etc. that surround a given place or person; environment adj. that surrounds …   English World dictionary

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium

• environment — /ɛnˈvaɪrənmənt / (say en vuyruhnmuhnt), /ən / (say uhn ) noun 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences. 2. the particular influences on personal development as work conditions, home situation, etc.: a child in a good… …  

• environment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surrounding things or conditions Nouns 1. environment, encompassment, circumjacence, circumference; atmosphere, ambience, aura, medium, surroundings (see circumstance); environs, outposts, outskirts,… …   English dictionary for students

• environment — en•vi•ron•ment [[t]ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt, ˈvaɪ ərn [/t]] n. 1) the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu 2) ecl the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a… …   From formal English to slang

• Environment and Energy Publishing — Infobox Newspaper name = Environment Energy Publishing LLC caption = type = Monday through Friday format = online foundation = 1998 publisher = Michael Witt editor = Kevin Braun circulation = 40,000 headquarters = 122 C Street NW, Suite 722,… …   Wikipedia

• Environment of Hawaii — Hawi wind farm near Hāwī, Hawai i. The wind farm has 16 Vestas V47 660 kW wind turbines for a total nameplate capacity of 10.56 MW The majority of environmental concerns affecting Hawaii today are related to pressures from increasing human… …   Wikipedia

• surrounding — /seuh rown ding/, n. 1. something that surrounds. 2. surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings. 3. the act of encircling or enclosing. adj. 4. enclosing or… …   Universalium