The meaning of the word environment

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Environment means anything that surrounds us. It can be living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic) things. It includes physical, chemical and other natural forces. Living things live in their environment. They constantly interact with it and adapt themselves to conditions in their environment. In the environment there are different interactions between animals, plants, soil, water, and other living and non-living things.

Since everything is part of the environment of something else, the word environment is used to talk about many things. People in different fields of knowledge use the word environment differently. Electromagnetic environment is radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation and magnetic fields. The environment of galaxy refers to conditions of interstellar medium.

In psychology and medicine, a person’s environment is the people, physical things and places that the person lives with. The environment affects the growth and development of the person. It affects the person’s behavior, body, mind and heart.

The living conditions of living organisms in an environment are affected by the weather or climate changes in the environment.

Natural environment[change | change source]

In biology and ecology, the environment is all of the natural materials and living things, If those things are natural, it is a natural environment.

Environment includes the living and non-living things that an organism interacts with, or has an effect on it. Living elements that an organism interacts with are known as biotic elements: animals, plants, etc., abiotic elements are non living things which include air, water, sunlight etc. Studying the environment means studying the relationships among these various things. An example of interactions between non-living and living things is plants getting their minerals from the soil and making food using sunlight. Predation, an organism eating another, is an example of interaction between living things.

Some people call themselves environmentalists. They think we must protect the natural environment, to keep it safe. Things in the natural environment that we value are called natural resources. For example; fish, insects, and forests. These are renewable resources because they come back naturally when we use them. Non-renewable resources are important things in the environment that are limited for example, ores and fossil fuels after a few thousand years. Some things in the natural environment can kill people, such as lightning.

• Ecological units which are natural systems without much human interference. These include all vegetation, microorganisms, soil, rocks, atmosphere, and natural events.
• Universal natural resources and physical phenomenon which lack clear-cut boundaries. These include climate, air, water, energy, radiation, electric charge, and magnetism.

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• Environmental chemistry
• Environmental factor
• Environmental revitalization
• Environmentalism
• Ecology

I have to admit that some of the insights had a “Well, Duh!” quality when I first read them ie that a phenotype which enjoys a reproductive advantage in one environment may be selected against in another environment*. ❋ Unknown (2006)

That is, a non-mammalian is a fertilized egg _plus_ its parental (or extra-parental) environment; but a mammalian individual is a fertilized egg, _plus its intra-maternal environment_, plus its non-parental environment. ❋ Melvin Moses Knight (1934)

A Goldman spokesman said: «The firm produced very good results for 2009, but the environment is very difficult and the board was mindful of that difficult ­environment in making decisions about executive compensation.» ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, I use the term environment in a different way than most are accustomed to. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The term environment is used in this statement broadly to also include health, safety, and the conservation of natural resources. ❋ ITY National Archives (1999)

The term environment of evolutionary adaptedness attachment theory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

«Trying to influence people’s behaviour towards the environment is admirable, not political,» maintained everchanging. ❋ Phil Daoust (2010)

The impact on the environment is the same or worse. ❋ Nick Joy (2010)

“The job of ensuring energy companies are following the law and protecting the safety of their workers and the environment is a big one,” Mr. Salazar said, “and should be independent from other missions of the agency.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

«It’s nowhere near the glory days, particularly in places like the U.S., and I don’t think the environment is all that golden in Australia either, with interest rates rising sharply.» ❋ Ross Kelly (2010)

Whether or not they are subject to their environment is a matter of the worldscape that they inhabit, the alethic quirks that construct it. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Attempts by Europe’s far right to couch their anti-immigrant arguments in the language of the environment is another thing that surprised me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ephemera throughout the environment is as detailed as I’ve seen anywhere. ❋ Ben Abraham (2009)

But first, let’s take a look at the political, social and economic causes, and foreign influences as well, because we can’t forget that the environment is a single, coherent unit. ❋ Beverly Bell (2010)

«[The environment] is being [ruined] by all this polution the world is [creating]» ❋ Sarah (2003)

Bush claims to care about [the environment] but has tried [to roll] back every major [environmental] protectoin law that has ever existed ❋ Middle America (2004)

Hevick of the [Bahamas] didn’t care about [the environment], and he also thought it was foolish to and thought «why care about the environment?» Hevick’s country was hit by global warming along with severe [floods]. Then he realized for not caring about the environment, he wasn’t the only fool that caused global warming, he also realized why to care about the environment. He now has common sense. ❋ Caitlin13579 (2008)

«I heard [the environment] used to be all over this place. [Hard to believe] this air used to be breathable, and this place was filled with more than just the color [grey].» ❋ Achet3 (2011)

I was living the other day in the environment just like all humans do and [realized] that the [U.S]. President doesn’t [give a fuck] about it. ❋ Von Groovy (2017)

[My mother] be [gettin’] [all up] in my environs.
Yea dude she was cleaning. ❋ Little Thunder (2020)

So for example, [product of the environment] implies that if one grows up in a home full of [domestic violence], one of the children in that home may become violent as well when they have a family of their own. If someone grows up in the hood, that person may become a gangster. If somebody grows up in a descent home that is filled with good resources (computer, good books, television, radio, etc.), then they are more likely to become successful. If somebody grows up in a Christian home, they will most likely become a Christian. If somebody grows up in [the Middle East] or in a home with Muslim parents, they are more likely to be Muslim. ❋ Dancing With Fire (2011)

Kids who [grow up] in excessively controlled environments often fall behind in college, having all that freedom to [cut loose] but [not knowing] how to manage it. ❋ D.S. Credito (2015)

“You hear it in the strength of my voice and in my rhythm, Now you know, how I was livin, It happened to me, like it happened to Serch, Prime Minister Pete Nice`ll kick the verse, in Bed-Stuy with my boy, [Kiwai] Height, The K to A Kingston, Wednesday night, To the Empire, show slammin, Open for Dana, crew flammin, Mouth open wide, or listening, Dumb dope with a forty in my system, Unprotected but respected for [my own self], Cause of talent, no shade, or nothin else, A time of tension, racially fenced in, I came off (and all the brothers blessed him), I left more than a mark, I left a dent, Cause I’m a [product of the environment].” – Pete Nice of 3rd Bass (Hip Hop Group) ❋ ♫ Highway To Hell ♫ (2009)

Girl, I gave that dude [my number] the other day and he called me at [2am] for a booty call! I don’t know who he thinks he is, but this is a [corporate environment]! ❋ DANNIP (2009)

Last Updated:
14 Apr 2023
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Environment most often refers to:

• Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally
• Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms

Other physical and cultural environments[edit]

• Ecology, the branch of ethology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
• Environment (systems), the surroundings of a physical system that may interact with the system by exchanging mass, energy, or other properties
• Built environment, constructed surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places
• Social environment, the culture that an individual lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact
• Market environment, business term

Arts, entertainment and publishing[edit]

• Environment (magazine), a peer-reviewed, popular environmental science publication founded in 1958
• Environment (1917 film), 1917 American silent film
• Environment (1922 film), 1922 American silent film
• Environment (1927 film), 1927 Australian silent film
• Environments (album series), a series of LPs, cassettes and CDs depicting natural sounds
• Environments (album), a 2007 album by The Future Sound of London
• «Environment», a song by Dave from Psychodrama
• Environments (journal), a scientific journal

In computing[edit]

• Environment (type theory), the association between variable names and data types in type theory
• Deployment environment, in software deployment, a computer system in which a computer program or software component is deployed and executed
• Runtime environment, a virtual machine state which provides software services for processes or programs while a computer is running

See also[edit]

• Environmentalism, a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection
• Environmental science
• Environment variable

окружающая среда, среда, окружение, окружающая обстановка, состояние, контекст

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Словосочетания

the alien environment of the city — непривычная обстановка большого города  
humankind’s mastery over the environment — господство человечества над окружающей средой  
to contaminate environment — загрязнять окружающую среду  
a healthy environment — здоровое окружение  
to clean up environment — очищать окружающую среду  
to preserve / protect the environment — охранять окружающую среду  
to pollute the environment — загрязнять окружающую среду  
institutional environment — экономико-правовая среда  
project environment — среда проекта  
project-oriented environment — окружение, ориентированное на проект  
abuse of environment — загрязнение окружающей среды  
software environment — программная среда  

Примеры с переводом

Возможные однокоренные слова

environmental  — относящийся к окружающей среде, экзогенный

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): environment
мн. ч.(plural): environments