environments (object groupings)
- Scope note
- The aggregate of physical things, conditions, and influences surrounding and affecting an organism, object, or structure. For the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their habitat, use "ecology." For the earth's major animal and plant communities, use "biomes." For the concept of the perceived external world, including the forces at work in it and the nonhuman life inhabiting it, use "Nature."
- Date of creation: 16-Sep-2024
Accepted term: 16-Sep-2024