ETYM Cf. French environnement.
In ecology, the sum of conditions affecting a particular organism, including physical surroundings, climate, and influences of other living organisms. See also biosphere and habitat.
In common usage, “the environment” often means the total global environment, without reference to any particular organism. In genetics, it is the external influences that affect an organism’s development, and thus its phenotype.
1. The area in which something exists or lives; SYN. environs, surroundings, surround.
2. The totality of surrounding conditions. + prikaži više

A substance in which signals can be transmitted, such as a wire or fiber-optic cable. See media. In the arts, the physical means used to convey information or create a work of art, or the category of work resulting from these means—for instance, oil on canvas, the written word, television, and computer graphics. In painting, a medium is the liquid forming a suspension of the pigment. + prikaži više

ETYM French, from mi middle (Latin medius) + lieu place. Related to Demi-, Lieu.
(French) surroundings; environment.
The environmental condition; SYN. surroundings.

1. The context and environment in which something is set:; SYN. scene.
2. The physical position of something
3. The state of the environment in which a situation exists; SYN. background, scope.

The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded; environment