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environmentnoun\in-v-r(n)-mnt, -v(-)r(n)-\

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: the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded

2

a: the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate,

soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological

community and ultimately determine its form and survival

b: the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the

life of an individual or community

3

: the position or characteristic position of a linguistic element in a

sequence

4

: a computer interface from which various tasks can be performed

Examples of ENVIRONMENT

1. He grew up in a loving environment.

2. We're trying to create a better business environment.

3. These animals were raised in a controlled environment.

4. Many plants are unable to survive in such a harsh environment.

5. Heredity and environmentare both important.

6. Pollution is bad for the environment.

First Known Use of ENVIRONMENT

1827

Related to ENVIRONMENT

Synonyms:ambient, atmosphere, climate, clime, context, contexture, environs,

medium, milieu, mise-en-scne, setting, surround, surroundings, terrain


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ecologynoun\i-k-l-j, e-\pluralecologies

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: 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

: an often delicate or intricate system or complex

Origin of ECOLOGY

German kologie, from ko- eco- + -logie -logy

First Known Use: 1873

sustainableadj\s-st-n-bl\

1

: capable of being sustained

2

a: of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource

so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged

b: of or relating to a lifestyle involving the use of sustainable methods

First Known Use of SUSTAINABLE

circa 1727


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naturenoun\n-chr\

1

a: the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing :

essence

b: disposition, temperament

{the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing

different from others}

2

a: a creative and controlling force in the universe

b: an inner force or the sum of such forces in an individual

3

: a kind or class usually distinguished by fundamental or essential

characteristics

{a number of persons or things that are grouped together because

they have something in common}

4

: the physical constitution or drives of an organism; especially: an

excretory organ or function used in phrases like the call of nature

5

: a spontaneous attitude (as of generosity)

6

: the external world in its entirety

7

a: humankind's original or natural condition

b: a simplified mode of life resembling this condition

8: the genetically controlled qualities of an organism

9

: natural scenery

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Related to NATURE

Synonyms:

character, clay, colors, complexion, constitution, genius, personality, self, tone

open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors, wild, wilderness

breed, class, description, feather, genre, ilk, kidney, kind, like, manner, nature, order,

species, strain, stripe, type, variety, grain, temper, temperament

being, essentiality, nature, quiddity, quintessence, soul, stuff, substance

{that part of the physical world that is removed from human

habitation}

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Origin of NATURE

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin natura, from natus, past participle ofnascito

be born more at nation

First Known Use: 14th century

All denitions from Merriam-Webster dictionary online : http://www.merriam-webster.com/


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Nature... (14)

is a transcendental term in a material mask (14)

wavers between the divine and the material. (14)

stands at the end of a potentially innite series of other terms that collapse into it, otherwise knownas a metonymic list: sh, grass, mountain air, chimpanzees, love, soda water, freedom of choice,heterosexuality, free markets...Nature. (14)

Occupies at least three places in symbolic language:

1. a mere empty placeholder for a host of other concepts.

2. it has the force of law, a norm against which deviation is measured.

3. is a Pandoras box, a word that encasulates a potentially innite series of disparate fantasyobjects. (14)

becomes an oblique way of talking about politics (16)

could be considered either as a substance, as a squishy thing in itself, or as essence, as an abstractprinciple that transcends the material realm and even te realm of representation. (16)

Denitions given by Timothy Morton in Ecology Without Nature (page numbers cited)


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