Ambulatory

['æmbjʊlət(ə)rɪ] or ['æmbjələtɔri]

Definition

(noun.) a covered walkway (as in a cloister); 'it has an ambulatory and seven chapels'.

(adj.) relating to or adapted for walking; 'an ambulatory corridor' .

Editor: Miles--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

(a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.

(a.) Pertaining to a walk.

(a.) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

(n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.

Typed by Leigh

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Walking, moving.

Checked by Lanny

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