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ecological

UK/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/US/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/
adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,872 of 15,258mostly written

Ecological means to do with living things and their surroundings. An ecological survey.

It describes relationships rather than the environment as a place, which is a real distinction. An ecological survey is now required before most large developments.

Thompsma · CC BY 3.0

Definitions of ecological

  1. 1adjectiveecologicalTo do with living things and their surroundings.C1

    “The ecological survey found bats in three of the buildings.”

ecological is a quality.

Where it comes from

  1. Ancient Greek

    οἶκος — house

  2. German

    Ökologie

  3. English

    ecology

  4. English, today

    ecological

Built from

  • -λογία · Ancient Greek — study of

From ecology + -ical. ecology German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (“house”) + -λογία (“study of”). by surface analysis, eco- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

ecological in the wild

  • Various jurisdictions may use other terminology, such as ecological protection area or private protected area in legislation and in official titles of the reserves.

    Nature reserve

  • According to ecological economist Malte Michael Faber, ecological economics is defined by its focus on nature, justice, and time.

    Ecological economics

  • The ecological footprint measures human demand on natural capital, i.e. the quantity of nature it takes to support people and their economies.

    Ecological footprint

  • Ecological succession is the process of how species compositions change in an ecological community over time.

    Ecological succession

  • The two main categories of ecological succession are primary succession and secondary succession.

    Ecological succession

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the Ökologie family

ecologicalecology

ecological — used about once every 7,462 pages · #10,872 · point at the bar for the others