ecology

• oecology, œcology (archaic)

Calque of German Ökologie (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- +‎ -logy.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛˈkɒlədʒi/, /ɪˈkɒlədʒi/

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• (US) enPR: ĕkŏlŏjĕ, IPA^(key): /i.ˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: ecol‧ogy
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)

1. (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
   • 1949, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides:

     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.

   • 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, page 31:

     As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

• ecology block

• Appendix:Glossary of ecology

• ecology at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "ecology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 110.
• ecology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia