ecol.
ecol. is the abbreviation of ecological.
ecol. is the abbreviation of ecology.
Meaning of ecological
Adjective
ecological (comparative more ecological, superlative most ecological)
- Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir...2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
- Not harmful to the environment.
Meaning of ecology
Noun
ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)
- The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
- As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.1949, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
- social ecology
- The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
Questions about ecol.
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- Ecol. is the abbreviation of ecological.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecol. (page history and authors); ecological (page history and authors); ecology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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