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Ambit

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WordNet

(1) 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"

WiktionaryText

From , from .

The sphere or area of control and influence of something.
- 1913, Gilbert Parker, The Judgment House, ch. 34,
  
  He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe.
A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
A span of actions, thoughts, or words.