different between ecological vs refugium

English

Alternative forms

• œcological (archaic)

Etymology

ecology +? -ical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?d???kl?/

Adjective

ecological (comparative more ecological, superlative most ecological)

1. Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
2. Not harmful to the environment.

Synonyms

• (not harmful to the environment): ecologically friendly, environmentally friendly

Related terms

• ecologic
• ecologist
• ecosystem
• ecologically

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge.

Noun

refugium (plural refugia or refugiums)

1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
2. (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

Derived terms

• refugial
• microrefugium

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) + fugi? (“flee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re?fu.?i.um/, [r??f??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?fu.d??i.um/, [r??fu?d??ium]

Noun

refugium n (genitive refugi? or refug?); second declension

1. refuge

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

• refugium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• refugium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• refugium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• refugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• refugium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin refugium

Noun

refugium n (definite singular refugiet, indefinite plural refugier, definite plural refugia or refugiene)

1. (biology, ecology) a refugium (area where an organism can survive unfavourable conditions)

References

• “refugium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).