Quotes: Nature, Biology

(the science of the living world; including the good and the bad)

abiology (s) (noun), abiologies (pl)
1. The study of nonliving or inanimate things: As an alternate to studying biology in school, her son decided to study abiology so he could learn more about inanimate things.
2. The scientific study of things that are not living; in other words, all of the science except those that are biological: Chemistry is an example of one of the abiologies that people have studied.
biology
That livelihood in science dealing with living organisms, concerned with the study of embryology, anatomy, physiology, ctyology, morphology, taxonomy, genetics, evolution, and ecology.
nature (s) (noun), natures (pl)
1. The natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization: The story that Harry was reading was about what nature was like before people decided to change and modify it to a large extent.
2. The elements of the natural world: Jill and her family went on camping vacations to see and enjoy the great variety and beauties of nature, such as the mountains, trees, animals, and rivers.
3. The basic character of something: The police didn't make any comments on the nature of the accident being investigated.
4. The processes that create and control the phenomena of the material world: Alfred learned in his biology class at school how the balance of nature functioned.

Quotations

The common sponge was used in ancient Greece as a gas mask, a compress, a contraceptive—and, of course, for bathing.
Science Digest, January, 1984, p. 88


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