transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈkä-lə-jē, e- ]
noun
( plural -gies )
Etymology: German Ökologie, from öko- eco- + -logie -logy
Date: 1873
1. : a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
2. : the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment
3. : human ecology
4. : environment , climate
the moral ecology
also : an often delicate or intricate system or complex
the ecology of language
• eco·log·i·cal ˌē-kə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, ˌe-kə- also eco·log·ic -jik adjective
• eco·log·i·cal·ly -ji-k(ə-)lē adverb
• ecol·o·gist i-ˈkä-lə-jist, e- noun