- 1connected with the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment We risk upsetting the ecological balance of the area. an ecological disaster (= one that alters the whole balance of ecology in an area)
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- 2interested in and concerned about the ecology of a place the ecological movement
NAmE//ˌikəˈlɑdʒɪkli//, NAmE//ˌɛkəˈlɑdʒɪkli//
adverb The system is both practical and ecologically sound.See ecological in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ecological