Definitions for ecologyɪˈkɒl ə dʒi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
e•col•o•gyɪˈkɒl ə dʒi(n.)
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment.
Category: Biology
the set of relationships existing between organisms and their environment.
Category: Biology
Category: Sociology
Ref: Also called human ecology.
the advocacy of protection of the air, water, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects; environmentalism.
Category: Ecology, Common Vocabulary
Origin of ecology:
1870–75; earlier oecology < G Ökologie (1868) < Gk oîk(os) house +-o- -o - + G -logie -logy
e•col′o•gist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
ecology(noun)
the environment as it relates to living organisms
"it changed the ecology of the island"
ecology, bionomics, environmental science(noun)
the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ecology(noun)ɪˈkɒl ə dʒi
the study of the environment and the relationships between things in it
the ecology of the swamp; He's studying ecology.
Wiktionary
ecology(Noun)
The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Origin: From Ökologie, from οἶκος + -λογία
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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)
Translations for ecology
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ecology(noun)
(the study of) living things considered in relation to their environment
Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
- ekologieAfrikaans

- عِلْم البيئَهArabic

- екологияBulgarian

- ecologiaPortuguese (BR)

- ekologieCzech

- dieÖkologieGerman

- økologiDanish

- οικολογίαGreek

- ecologíaSpanish

- ökoloogiaEstonian

- زیست بوم شناسی؛ رابطۀ موجودات با محیطFarsi

- ekologiaFinnish

- écologieFrench

- אֶקוֹלוֹגיָהHebrew

- परिस्थिति विज्ञान पौधों तथा प्राणियों का आपस में तथा परिवेश से सम्बन्धHindi

- ekologijaCroatian

- ökológiaHungarian

- ekologiIndonesian

- vistfræðiIcelandic

- ecologiaItalian

- 生態学Japanese

- 생태(학)Korean

- ekologijaLithuanian

- ekoloģijaLatvian

- ekologiMalay

- ecologieDutch

- økologiNorwegian

- ekologiaPolish

- زیست بوم شناسی؛ رابطۀ موجودات با محیطPersian

- د موجودات اریکی په چاپریالPashto

- ecologiaPortuguese

- ecologieRomanian

- экологияRussian

- životné prostredieSlovak

- ekologijaSlovenian

- ekologijaSerbian

- ekologiSwedish

- นิเวศวิทยา; ระบบนิเวศThai

- çevrebilimiTurkish

- 生態學Chinese (Trad.)

- екологіяUkrainian

- حیاتیات اور ان کے ماحول کے باہمی تعلق کا مطالعہUrdu

- 生态学Chinese (Simp.)

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