| 1. The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. |
| 2. | Ecology. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time. |
| 3. | the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population. |
| 4. | Computers. the hardware or software configuration, or the mode of operation, of a computer system: In a time-sharing environment, transactions are processed as they occur. |
| 5. | an indoor or outdoor setting that is characterized by the presence of environmental art that is itself designed to be site-specific. |
