Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments. Also called bionomics.
- n. The relationship between organisms and their environment.
- n. The branch of sociology that is concerned with studying the relationships between human groups and their physical and social environments. Also called human ecology.
- n. The study of the detrimental effects of modern civilization on the environment, with a view toward prevention or reversal through conservation. Also called human ecology.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In biology, the science of animal and vegetable economy; the study of the phenomena of the life-history of organisms, in their individual and reciprocal relations; the doctrine of the laws of animal and vegetable activities, as manifested in their modes of life. Thus, parasitism, socialism, and nest-building are prominent in the scope of œcology.
Wiktionary
- n. The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.
- n. The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled
ecology .
WordNet 3.0
- n. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
- n. the environment as it relates to living organisms
Etymologies
- German Ökologie : Greek oikos, house; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots + German -logie, study (from Greek -logiā, -logy).
Examples
“The word ecology comes from the Greek words oikos and logos, and literally means "study of the home.”
“He reminds us that the first part of the word "ecology" derives from the Greek word for house.”
“Historically and psychologically, this close connection to ecology is understandable.”
The Wall Street Journal: The German Ecological-Industrial Complex
“It's really counterintuitive," said University of Wisconsin ecology professor Monica Turner, co-author of a paper that has been accepted for publication in Ecological Monographs.”
The Washington Post: Study: Beetle invasions dampen, not intensify, wildfire risk
“Diversity of the cultural ecology is a desirable state of affairs, especially in opposition to the accelerating trend toward the uniform digitalization of all sensory experience, wherein an electronic “reader” stands between experience and observation, and all manifestation is encoded identically …”
“Kirk Prindle has actual professional qualifications in ecology and conservation.”
“Well, she got an NSF fellowship that sent graduate students in ecology and conservation biology to Minnesota's metropolitan schools.”
“Since then we've added content in ecology; in a few weeks we're going to launch a new cell biology module, and over the next year we're planning to expand across the remaining life sciences.”
“I encourage you to take a class in ecology at a local community college, or if there isn't one close by, a couple good books in MODERN ecology certainly be enlightening.”
“Like the terms ecology and ecumenism, the word economy has the root oikos, which is a Greek word that translates as family or house.”
Paul Raushenbush: The Religious Case for Moving Your Money Where Your Heart Is
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ecology’.
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sarahochap1
english 7- summer school
apposite, jubilant, supplication, penchant, kiosk, apprehensive, ecology, insular, misnomer, culinary, rhetorical, awry and 13 more...
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Earth-Friendly Organic Produce
An Ecosystem of earth/life-related words.
blueskycloudform, sojourn, reuse, reduce, compostable, habitat, ecology, bionomics, Eco-Art, sustainability, forest garden, biosystems and 47 more...
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solutions
one word (preferably). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
EXAMPLE: Veganism, according to some, may help solve...veganism, neurotechnology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, globalism, sustainability, laws, ecology, education, immunization, switchgrass, Esperanto and 50 more...
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eco-
relating to ecology
ecosystem, eco-terrorism, ecology, ecological, eco-friendly, economics
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