Meaning

1 senses
  1. A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).

    Ökoton

    экотонekoton

    екотонekoton

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a region of transition:
Русский
By meaning 1
a region of transition:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a region of transition:

Origin

Combination of eco- (“ecology”) + -tone, from the Greek τόνος (tónos, “tension”).

Combination of eco- (“ecology”) + -tone, from the Greek τόνος (tónos, “tension”).

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Forms

plural: ecotones
Singularecotone
Pluralecotones

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ecotone — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto