Ecology Definition

ĭ-kŏlə-jē
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the relations between living organisms and their environment.
Webster's New World
The complex of relations between a specific organism and its environment.
Webster's New World
The study of the relationship and adjustment of human groups to their geographical and social environments.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ecology

Noun

Singular:
ecology
Plural:
ecologies

Origin of Ecology

  • German Ökologie Greek oikos house weik-1 in Indo-European roots German -logie study (from Greek -logiā -logy)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Ökologie, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oikos, “house”) + -λογία (-logia, “study of”)

    From Wiktionary

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