ambitus

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ambitus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ambitus \Am"bi*tus\ ([a^]m"b[i^]*t[u^]s), n. [L. See Ambit,
     Ambition.]
     1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a
        leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
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     2. (Rom. Antiq.) A canvassing for votes.
        [1913 Webster] ambivalence