ecology
Syllables: ecol·ogy/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/US/ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ecology noun: the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
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
- 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
- Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
- social ecology
- linguistic ecology
- The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.
ecology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ecology in Hindi
- branch of biology
- पारिस्थितिकी pāristhitikī
ecology in Tamil
- branch of biology
- சூழ்நிலையியல் cūḻnilaiyiyal
ecology in Marathi
- पर्यावरणशास्त्र
ecology in Urdu
- ماحولیات
More languagesFewer languages
- ecology in Bengali
- বাস্তুসংস্থান, বাস্তব্যবিদ্যা
- ecology in Telugu
- జీవావరణ శాస్త్రం
- ecology in Malayalam
- പരിസ്ഥിതിശാസ്ത്രം
- ecology in Kannada
- ಹೊಂದಿಕೆಯರಿಮೆ hondikeyarime
- ecology in Gujarati
- ઇકોલોજી, ઇકોલૉજી
- ecology in Odia
- ଇକୋଲୋଜି
- ecology in Nepali
- पारिस्थितिकी, इकोलोजी
- ecology in Pashto
- چاپېريالپوهنه
- ecology in Tagalog
- palamuhayan, ekolohiya
- ecology in Arabic
- عِلْم اَلْبِيئَة ʕilm al-bīʔa
- ecology in Malay
- kaji alam hayat, ekologi
- ecology in Indonesian
- ekologi
- ecology in Persian
- بومشناسی bum-šenâsi, اکولوژی ekoloži
- ecology in Thai
- นิเวศวิทยา níwêt wíttáyaa
- ecology in Vietnamese
- sinh thái học
- ecology in Myanmar
- ဂေဟဗေဒ geha.beda.
- Sindhi
- سَهِجِياڀياس sahijīābhyās
Examples of ecology in a sentence
- In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.
- We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
- My lab studies the connections between population, community and ecosystem ecology in aquatic environments.
Forms of ecology
| plural | ecologies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | oecology |
| alternative form (archaic) | œcology |
Origin of ecology
Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
Words formed from ecology
- aeroecology
- agroecology
- anthecology
- anthoecology
- arcology
- astroecology
- autecology
- bioecology
- chemical ecology
- chemoecology
- chronoecology
- cultural ecology
- deep ecology
- dendroecology
- eco-
- ecological
- ecologism
- ecologist
- ecology block
- ecosophy
- ecosystem
- ecotribe
- ethnoecology
- geoecology
- human ecology
- hydroecology
- immunoecology
- macroecology
- microecology
- myrmecology
- neuroecology
- paleoecology
- pedoecology
- photoecology
- physioecology
- psychoecology
- radioecology
- restoration ecology
- socioecology
- synecology
- zooecology
Phrases with ecology
Words that rhyme with ecology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- 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 ecology
- What does ecology mean?
- Ecology means the branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
- What is ecology in Hindi?
- Ecology in Hindi is पारिस्थितिकी (pāristhitikī). See Ecology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ecology?
- Ecology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ecology?
- Ecology is pronounced /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ecology?
- The plural of ecology is ecologies.
Words near ecology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ecology (page history and authors); ecology (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecology (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecology (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecology (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecology (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecology (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecology (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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