Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

    Ökologie

    эколо́гияekológija

    еколо́гіяekolóhija

    the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

    social ecology

    linguistic ecology

  3. (countable, uncountable)The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. I asked him many questions about ecology.

    ruЯ задал ему много вопросов об экологии. — marafon

  2. It was through his influence that she became interested in ecology.

  3. Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.

    Забруднення катастрофічно дається взнаки на екології регіону. — iceman

    ruЗагрязнение катастрофически сказывается на экологии региона. — shanghainese

    deUmweltverschmutzung hat einen verheerenden Effekt auf das ökologische Gleichgewicht einer Region. — samueldora

  4. I am a fanatic of ecology.

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  5. Tom's knowledge of decomposition ecology is peerless.

Translations

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Origin

Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîk

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

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