All 3 Uses of
environment
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Heredity and environment are funny things.
p. 57.7environment = surrounding conditions
- The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school.
p. 57.7 *
- But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlor? It grows you any shape it wishes! It is an environment as real as the world. It becomes and is the truth.
p. 80.6environment = web of surrounding conditions
Definitions:
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(1)
(environment as in: the environmental movement) the natural world (life, air, water, land...) -- often used in reference to the impact of human technology
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(2)
(environment as in: her family environment) surrounding conditionsin various senses, including:
- conditions in a location or geographic area -- as in "the desert environment"
- conditions that affect a particular activity -- as in "the learning environment"
- conditions that create a certain mood -- as in "a competitive environment," or "a romantic environment,"
- conditions that impact a particular computer system, subsystem, or program -- as in "the Windows environment"