- ecology, environment
- Химическое оружие: экология
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Ecology — For other uses, see Ecology (disambiguation). Ecology … Wikipedia
Ecology (disciplines) — Ecology is a broad biological science and can thus be divided into many sub disciplines using various criteria. For example, one such categorization, based on overall complexity (from the least complex to the most), is:* Behavioral ecology, which … Wikipedia
ecology — is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the territorial distribution and abundance of organisms. The term was first used scientifically in 1869 by the German biologist Haekel in a study of plant ecology. Darwin s theory of the… … Dictionary of sociology
ecology — UK US /iːˈkɒlədʒi/ noun [U or C] ► ENVIRONMENT the relationship between living things and their environment: »The developments will extend further into the shore, so further destroying the river s ecology. ► WORKPLACE, COMMERCE the relationship… … Financial and business terms
Environment — may refer to: * Natural environment, all living and non living things that occur naturally on Earth * Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large scale civic surroundings to the… … Wikipedia
ecology — [ē käl′ə jē] n. [Ger ökologie < Gr oikos (see ECO ) + logia, LOGY] 1. a) the branch of biology that deals with the relations between living organisms and their environment b) the complex of relations between a specific organism and its… … English World dictionary
ecology — ([ e]*k[o^]l [ o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. o i^kos house + logy.] (Biol.) the branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ecology — has spread rapidly in the 20c from technical to general use to mean ‘the study of the interaction of people with their natural environment’. An earlier spelling oecology, reflecting its origin in the Greek word oikos meaning ‘house’ (the same… … Modern English usage
ecology — noun antipollution project, bioecology, bionomics, conservation, environmental science, environmental studies, human environment, maintenance, management of natural resources, natural science, nature study, pollution control, preservation,… … Law dictionary
Environment — acoustic ecology anthropocene apocalypse fatigue assisted migration bads biostitute biotecture blue … New words
environment — c.1600, state of being environed (see ENVIRON (Cf. environ) + MENT (Cf. ment)); sense of nature, conditions in which a person or thing lives first recorded 1827 (used by Carlyle to render Ger. Umgebung); specialized ecology sense first recorded… … Etymology dictionary