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ambulatory
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ambulatory /am·bu·la·to·ry/ (am´bu-lah-tor?e)
1. walking or able to walk; not confined to bed.
2. of a condition or a procedure, not requiring admission to a hospital.

am·bu·la·to·ry (mby-l-tôr)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or adapted for walking.
2. Capable of walking; not bedridden.
3. Moving about.
4. Of or relating to medical care or services provided on an outpatient basis.

ambulant, ambulatory
walking or able to walk.

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The nave and transepts are each 16 m wide and are bordered by two 4 m wide ambulatories that open into the main building by a series of arches.
The path to the open altar area, well below the floor levels of the side ambulatories, leads downward, so that pews around the altar are higher, subverting the convention of an elevated chancel segregated from the laity.
Linear arrangements of reticently designed cases underscore spatial linearity, as do the skylit ambulatories down both sides of the winter garden, from which you can stare through glass at white coated technicians, your scrutiny informed by display cases beneath the windows.
 
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