ecosystem
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ecosystem
- /ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm/ UK
- /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ US
Where it comes from
From eco- + system. Coined by English botanist Arthur Tansley in 1935 in a paper titled The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts in the journal Ecology.
noun ecosystems
- A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit. 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
- The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
- A network of interconnected people, organizations, products or services that resembles a natural ecosystem due to the complex interdependencies. The company’s ecosystem mainly comprises its supply chain, customers, end consumers and competitors.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: habitat, ecological, ecology, species, environment, environmental, systemic, familiarity, system, eco-, eco-system, biosphere, biome, ecosphere, surroundings, environs
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noun system of an ecological community and its environment
| Español | ecosistema |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생태계 saengtaegye |
| 日本語 | 生態系 seitaikei |
| 中文 | 生態系 /生态系 shēngtàixì, 生態系統 /生态系统 shēngtài xìtǒng |
| हिन्दी | पारितंत्र pāritantra |
| Kiswahili | mfumo wa ikolojia |
| Português | ecossistema |
| Français | écosystème |
| Deutsch | Ökosystem |
| Italiano | ecosistema |
| Ελληνικά | οικοσύστημα oikosýstima |
| Română | ecosistem |
| Русский | экосисте́ма ekosistéma |
| Tiếng Việt | hệ sinh thái |
| العربية | نِظَام بِيئِي niẓām bīʔī |
Talk about this word "ecosystem." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ecosystem. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ecosystem. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ecosystem "ecosystem." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ecosystem.Cite this
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title = {ecosystem},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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