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Definition

noun

(1) The branch of biology concerned with the interactions of living organisms with their environment and with one another.

(2) A subfield of ecological economics wherein economy is dealt with as a self- organized evolving ecosystem.

Supplement

Word origin: Greek: bio- (life) + nomos (law) or perhaps the combination of the terms biology and economics.

Synonym:

• ecology (or ecological science)