ecosystem

Definitions

1. A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
2. The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
3. A network of interconnected people, organizations, products or services that resembles a natural ecosystem due to the complex interdependencies.
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Equivalents

37 more languages

العربيةالنظام البيئينِظَام بِيئِي

Bosanskiekosistemekosustavекосистемекосустав+ 1 more

Catalàecosistema

Češtinaekosystém

Ελληνικάοικοσύστημα

Esperantoekosistemo

Eestiökosüsteem

Suomiekosysteemieloyhteisö

Gaeilgeéiceachóras

Galegoecosistema

Hrvatskiekosistemekosustavекосистемекосустав+ 1 more

Magyarökoszisztéma

Bahasa Indonesialingkungan hidup

Íslenskavistkerfi

Italianoecosistema

日本語生態系

ქართულიეკოსისტემა

Қазақ тіліэкожүйе

한국어생태계

Latinaoecosystema

Lietuviųekosistema

Македонскиекосистем

Bahasa Melayuekosistem

Nederlandsecosysteem

Polskiekosystem

Portuguêsecossistema

Românăecosistem

Русскийэкосистема

Slovenščinaekosistem

Српскиekosistemekosustavекосистемекосустав+ 1 more

Svenskaekosystem

Kiswahilimfumo wa ikolojia

தமிழ்சூழல் மண்டலம்

ไทยระบบนิเวศ

Türkçeekosistem

Українськаекосисте́ма

Tiếng Việthệ sinh thái

Examples

“Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get⟳ much worse. We may see⟳ many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land⟳ and water. Welcome⟳ to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have⟳ become⟳ a major geological and climatic force⟳.”

“The company’s ecosystem mainly comprises its supply⟳ chain, customers, end⟳ consumers and competitors.”

“It [The Kashmir Files] is being described by the leftist “liberal” ecosystem as a movie that peddles bigotry against Muslims.”

“There is a certain duality in how the Hindutva ecosystem is pushing the anti-hijab discourse into the mainstream.”

“Money mules play⟳ an important role in the scam ecosystem primarily to get⟳ money out of Singapore to the foreign syndicates and facilitate scams.”

“The result⟳, as Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon put⟳ it in a striking essay in Noema magazine, is that our online spaces are no longer open⟳ ecosystems.”

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