ecological

ecological
See ecology.

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  • ecological — 1899, see ECOLOGY (Cf. ecology) + ICAL (Cf. ical). Related: Ecologically …   Etymology dictionary

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  • ecological — ec|o|log|i|cal [ ,ekə ladʒıkl ] adjective usually before noun * 1. ) relating to the environment and the way plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other: worldwide ecological changes The earthquake has caused an ecological… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ecological */ — UK [ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌekəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] adjective [usually before noun] 1) relating to the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other worldwide ecological changes The earthquake has caused an …   English dictionary

  • ecological — e|co|lo|gi|cal [ˌi:kəˈlɔdʒıkəl US ˈla: ] adj [only before noun] 1.) connected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment →↑environmental ▪ an ecological disaster 2.) interested in preserving the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ecological — adjective (only before noun) 1 connected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment: an ecological disaster 2 interested in preserving the environment: ecological groups ecologically / kli/ adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ecological — adjective 1. characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment an ecological disaster • Syn: ↑ecologic • Pertains to noun: ↑ecology (for: ↑ecologic), ↑ecology …   Useful english dictionary

  • ecological — adj. Ecological is used with these nouns: ↑awareness, ↑balance, ↑catastrophe, ↑consequence, ↑crisis, ↑destruction, ↑devastation, ↑disaster, ↑diversity, ↑engineering, ↑footprint, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • ecological — [ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] adj relating to the environment and the way living things affect each other an ecological disaster[/ex] ecologically [ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkli] adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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