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(Greek: house, household affairs [environment, habitat], home, dwelling; used in one extensive sense as, "environment")
(an excess of nutrients flowing from the land to the sea has created serious environment problems)
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biotic environment
1. The biological factors acting on an organism, which arise from the activities of other living organisms, as distinct from physical factors.
2. The living organisms of a community habitat or environment.
electromagnetic environment, EME
1. The radio-frequency field or fields existing in a given area or desired in an area to be shielded.
2. The resulting product of the power and time distribution, in various frequency ranges, of the radiated or conducted electromagnetic emission levels that may be encountered by a military force, system, or platform when performing its assigned mission in its intended operational environment.

It is the sum of electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic pulse; hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel, ordnance, and volatile materials; and the natural phenomena effects of lightning and precipitation static.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 39)
estuarine environment (s) (noun), estuarine environments (pl)
The physical conditions that characterize the mouth of a river where it connects with the open sea and fresh water mixes with salty ocean water.
This entry is located in the following unit: estiv-, aestiv-; estuar-, aestuar- (page 1)
marine environment (s) (noun), marine environments (pl)
The regions of the earth that include the oceans and seas: The marine environment takes up about three-fourths of the earth's surface all of which has a system of tides and waves, a high saline content, a variety of life forms, and includes bays and estuaries as well as other major bodies of water.
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thermoneutral environment
1. An environment which keeps the body temperature at an maximum point at which the least amount of oxygen is consumed for metabolism.
2. The environment which enables a neonate (newly born child) to maintain a body temperature of 97.7° F (36.5° C) with a minimal requirement of oxygen and energy.
tropocole (verb), tropocoles; tropocoled; tropocoling: environment changes
Living and thriving in an environment that has significant periodic changes of light, temperature, and moisture.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 25)
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environment (s) (noun), environments (pl)
1. Conditions that surround people or things: Mold grows best in a warm, damp environment.
2. The conditions and influences that affect the growth, health, progress, etc. of someone or something: Maude grew up in a loving environment.

A happy family provides a loving environment for its children.

3. Etymology: from French environ, "around"; so, environment is the total of the things or circumstances around people and nature; and the environs are the "surrounding neighborhood of a place".
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group E (page 2)
(ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and the environments in which they live, including all living and nonliving components)
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biotic environment
The part of an organism's environment produced by its interaction with other organisms.
This entry is located in the following unit: Environment and Ecology Information + (page 1)
Environment and Ecology Information
Environment and Ecology Information.
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