Definitions for ecosystem

ecosystem ec·o·sys·tem

Spelling: [ek-oh-sis-tuh m, ee-koh-]
IPA: /ˈɛk oʊˌsɪs təm, ˈi koʊ-/

Ecosystem is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in ecosystem (ceemossty).

Definitions for ecosystem

noun

  1. a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
  2. any system or network of interconnecting and interacting parts, as in a business:

Origin of ecosystem

First recorded in 1930-35; eco- + system

Examples for ecosystem

In the high-achieving Yale ecosystem, some label it the “Rory Gilmore syndrome.”

In these marginal areas, human activity may stress the ecosystem beyond its tolerance limit, resulting in degradation of the land.

A worse threat that would come into the sort of ecosystem there…something like ISIS.

And at the same time as it did that, it destroyed an ecosystem that once supported a different kind of endeavor.

Experts generally consider known mortality to represent about half of actual grizzly bear deaths for the ecosystem.

Over the next decade, the RETs wreaked havoc on the ecosystem, eating ducklings, small water birds, and other amphibians.

Familiarity with the biological components of an ecosystem is essential to meaningful radiobiological assessment.

Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.

Often little or no data are available to indicate the previous state of the ecosystem or the rate of degradation.

But these updates are no longer just a part of games found on Facebook; they have made their way outside this ecosystem.

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