ecological
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]ecological (comparative more ecological, superlative most ecological)
- Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
- 2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC[1]:
- To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
- Not harmful to the environment.
- Synonyms: ecologically friendly, environmentally friendly; see also Thesaurus:environmentally friendly
Derived terms
[edit]- aeroecological
- agroecological
- antiecological
- astroecological
- bioecological
- chemicoecological
- chemoecological
- chronoecological
- dendroecological
- ecoburb
- ecological footprint
- ecological grief
- ecologically
- ecological pyramid
- ecological service
- ecosan
- ecotage
- ecoteur
- ethnoecological
- geoecological
- hydroecological
- immunoecological
- macroecological
- microecological
- morphoecological
- nonecological
- paleoecological
- pedoecological
- physioecological
- phytoecological
- psychoecological
- radioecological
- socioecological
- subecological
- thermoecological
- unecological
- visuoecological
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]relating to ecology
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