All 8 Uses of
environment
in
White Noise
- We are quartered in Centenary Hal l, a dark brick structure we share with the popular culture department, known officially as American environments.†
Part 1 *
- It was an eerie thing to see, shamefully fascinating, as a seizure might be if witnessed in a controlled environment.†
Part 1
- He'd been having trouble, he said, establishing an Elvis Presley power base in the department of American environments.†
Part 1
- He would be truthful and earnest, serving no special interest; he would have an awareness of the environment; his knowledge of chemistry would be fresh and up-to-date.†
Part 2
- Wonder drugs mass-produced aboard UFO pharmaceutical labs in the weightless environment of space will lead to cures for anxiety, obesity and mood swings.†
Part 2
- I was suddenly aware of the dense environmental texture.†
Part 3
- I met Murray after his car crash seminar and we wandered along the fringes of the campus, past the cedar-shingled condominiums set in the trees in their familiar defensive posture--a cluster of dwellings blending so well with the environment that birds kept flying into the plate-glass windows.†
Part 3
- We're two academics in an intellectual environment.†
Part 3 *
Definitions:
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(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"
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(environment as in: the environmental movement) the natural world (life, air, water, land...) -- often used in reference to the impact of human technology