biology
UK/baɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi//baɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
biology noun: the study of all life or living matter.
Noun
biology (countable and uncountable, plural biologies)
- The study of all life or living matter.
- Near-synonyms: life science, life sciences; see also Thesaurus:biology
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 31
- Synonyms:
- lifelore, life science, life sciences
- The living organisms of a particular region.
- The object of these prizes is to stimulate and encourage original investigation by the aid of the microscope in the biology of North America, and, while the competition is open to all, it is especially commended to advanced students in biology in such of our universities and colleges as furnish...1893, “Prizes for original work with the microscope”, in Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society, volume 14, page 38
- The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
- the biology of the whale
- A biographical history.
- That a Town has a biology of its own has been, since Freeman and Green, a familiar idea to us. But it was not in England, with its old established central governments, that the idea was likely to arise; and we know what the local history of our old antiquaries was like.1912, J. H. Rose, C[harles] H[arold] Herford, E[dward] C[arter] K[earsey] Gonner, M[ichael] E[rnest] Sadler, Germany in the Nineteenth Century: Five Lectures, Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries...
biology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
biology in Hindi
- study of living matter
- जीवविज्ञान jīvvijñān, जैविकी jaivikī
biology in Tamil
- study of living matter
- உயிரியல் uyiriyal
biology in Marathi
- study of living matter
- जीवशास्त्र jīvśāstra
biology in Urdu
- study of living matter
- حیاتیات hiatiyaat
More languagesFewer languages
- biology in Bengali
- জীববিজ্ঞান jibbiggên
- biology in Telugu
- జీవశాస్త్రము jīvaśāstramu
- biology in Malayalam
- ജീവശാസ്ത്രം jīvaśāstraṁ
- biology in Kannada
- ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ jīvaśāstra
- biology in Punjabi
- ਜੀਵ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ jīv vigiāna
- biology in Gujarati
- જીવવિજ્ઞાન jīvvijñān
- biology in Sinhala
- ජීවවිද්යාව jīwawidyāwa
- biology in Assamese
- জীৱ বিজ্ঞান ziw biggan
- biology in Pashto
- ژوندپوهنه žwandpohəna
- biology in Tagalog
- biyolohiya, haynayan
- biology in Arabic
- عِلْم اَلْأَحْيَاء ʕilm al-ʔaḥyāʔ, بِيُولُوجِيَا biyulūjiyā
- biology in Malay
- biologi, kaji hayat
- biology in Indonesian
- biologi, ilmu hayat
- biology in Persian
- زیستشناسی zist-šenâsi, بیولوژی biyoloži
- biology in Thai
- ชีววิทยา chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa
- biology in Vietnamese
- sinh học, sinh vật học
- biology in Myanmar
- ဇီဝဗေဒ jiwa.beda.
- Sindhi
- جِياڀياسُ jīābhyāsu
- Dhivehi
- ދިރުމާބެހޭ އިލްމު dirumābehē ilmu
Examples of biology in a sentence
- Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.
- The university's biology department subscribes to half a dozen academic journals.
Synonyms of biology
Antonyms
Forms of biology
| plural | biologies |
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Origin of biology
Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy. In English, first attested in the modern meaning in the work of English physician Thomas Beddoes in 1799. The term is also recorded in the sense of a biographical history in the work of Dudley Loftus in 1686, but this is considered by the Oxford English Dictionary to be an isolated use. The modern Greek βιολογία (viología) is borrowed from the English term and French biologie via international scientific vocabulary. Piecewise doublet of zoology.
Words formed from biology
Phrases with biology
- space biology
- marine biology
- systems biology
- chemical biology
- forensic biology
- molecular biology
- radiation biology
- synthetic biology
- population biology
- structural biology
- conservation biology
- evolutionary biology
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with biology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- buttonology
- etymology
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zoology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
- archaeopalynology
Questions about biology
- What does biology mean?
- Biology means the study of all life or living matter.
- What is biology in Hindi?
- Biology in Hindi is जीवविज्ञान (jīvvijñān), जैविकी (jaivikī). See Biology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is biology?
- Biology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biology?
- Biology is pronounced /baɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of biology?
- The plural of biology is biologies.
Words near biology in the dictionary
Source and license
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