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Calque ofGermanÖkologie (coined in 1866 byErnst Haeckel), fromAncient Greekοἶκος(oîkos,“house”) +-λογία(-logía,“study of”). Bysurface analysis,eco- +‎-logy.

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ecology (countable anduncountable,pluralecologies)

  1. (biology) The branch ofbiology dealing with therelationships oforganisms with theirenvironment and with each other.
    • 1949,George R. Stewart,Earth Abides:
      As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis:TheEcology 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, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, inAmerican Scientist‎[1], volume100, number 1, archived fromthe original on3 October 2013, page31:
      As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths inecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
  2. (by extension) Anystudy of the relationships ofcomponents of asystem with their environment and with each other.
    socialecology
    linguisticecology
  3. Thetotality orpattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

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branch of biology
totality or pattern of relationships
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