different between ecology vs terraforming

English

Alternative forms

• oecology, œcology (archaic)

Etymology

Calque of German Ökologie (coined by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek ????? (oîkos, “house”) + -????? (-logía, “study of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?l?d?i/, /??k?l?d?i/
• (US) enPR: ?k?l?j?, IPA^(key): /i.?k?.l?.d?i/
• Hyphenation: ecol?ogy
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

ecology (countable and uncountable, plural ecologies)

1. (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• ecology block

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of ecology

References

• ecology at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ecology in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "ecology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 110.
• ecology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• ecology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Verb

terraforming

1. present participle of terraform

Noun

terraforming (uncountable)

1. The hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, etc. to make it similar to those of Earth and thus suitable for human life.

Synonyms

• terraformation
• planetary engineering

Coordinate terms

• geoengineering
• pantropy

Related terms

• paraterraforming

Translations