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1. (n.) ecology
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.
2. ecology
the set of relationships existing between organisms and their environment.
3. ecology
the advocacy of protection of the air, water, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects; environmentalism.
Etymology: (1870–75; earlier oecology < G Ökologie (1868) < Gk oîk(os) house +-o- -o - + G -logie -logy)
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1. (noun) ecology
the environment as it relates to living organisms
"it changed the ecology of the island"
2. (noun) ecology, bionomics, environmental science
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
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1. (noun) ecology
the study of the environment and the relationships between things in it
the ecology of the swamp; He's studying ecology.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. ecology
The branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their ENVIRONMENT, especially as manifested by natural cycles and rhythms, community development and structure, interactions between different kinds of organisms, geographic distributions, and population alterations. (Webster's, 3d ed)
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Sense: (the study of) living things considered in relation to their environment
Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
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 Afrikaans: ekologie |
 Arabic: عِلْم البيئَه |
 Bulgarian: екология |
 Brazilian: ecologia |
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 Greek: οικολογία |
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 Estonian: ökoloogia |
 Farsi: زیست بوم شناسی؛ رابطۀ موج |
 Finnish: ekologia |
 French: écologie |
 Hebrew: אֶקוֹלוֹגיָה |
 Hindi: परिस्थिति विज्ञान पौधों त |
 Croatian: ekologija |
 Hungarian: ökológia |
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 Icelandic: vistfræði |
 Italian: ecologia |
 Japanese: 生態学 |
 Korean: 생태(학) |
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 Persian: زیست بوم شناسی؛ رابطۀ موج |
 Pashto: د موجودات اریکی په چاپریا |
 Portuguese: ecologia |
 Romanian: ecologie |
 Russian: экология |
 Slovak: životné prostredie |
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 Swedish: ekologi |
 Thai: นิเวศวิทยา; ระบบนิเวศ |
 Turkish: çevrebilimi |
 Taiwanese: 生態學 |
 Ukrainian: екологія |
 Urdu: حیاتیات اور ان کے ماحول ک |
 Chinese: 生态学 |
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