ecology

== English == === Alternative forms === oecology, œcology (archaic) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (US, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /iˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/, [əˈkɔ̟l.ə.d͡ʒi] Hyphenation: ecol‧ogy Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi === Noun === ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies) (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other. (by extension) Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other. The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ecology block ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Glossary of ecology === References === “ecology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. Raymond Williams (1983), “Ecology”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 110 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ecology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia