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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of German Ökologie (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛˈkɒlədʒi/, /ɪˈkɒlədʒi/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: ĕkŏlŏjĕ, IPA(key): /i.ˈkɑ.lə.dʒi/
- Hyphenation: ecol‧ogy
- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Noun[edit]
ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)
- (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
- 1949, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides:
- As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
- 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, page 31:
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- agroecology
- arcology
- astroecology
- autecology
- bioecology
- chemical ecology
- chronoecology
- cultural ecology
- deep ecology
- dendroecology
- eco-
- ecological
- ecologist
- ecology block
- ecosystem
- ecotribe
- ethnoecology
- geoecology
- hydroecology
- macroecology
- microecology
- myrmecology
- paleoecology
- photoecology
- radioecology
- restoration ecology
- socioecology
- synecology
- zooecology
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
branch of biology
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ecology at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "ecology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 110.
- “ecology” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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