ambit

noun5

1. •
   The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.

   • Nickle shrugged his shoulders to indicate the inexpressible ambit of Mr. Bronsky's obvious shortcomings. — 1934
2. •
   The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

   • He had invited Destiny to sweep him up in her reaping, by placing himself in the ambit of her scythe; but the sharp reaping-hook had passed him by. — 1913
3. •
   (no longer used) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
4. •
   (no longer used) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.
5. •
   (no longer used, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.