biosystem
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈbaɪoʊˌsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
ecosistema
- The long-lived and patient Ghanx studied the biosystem for a good hundredth of a GC and observed fearsome changes in the biosphere even as they watched.
Examples
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Researchers study the coastal biosystem to understand how marine organisms interact with their environment.
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These records show an ominously swift development of the biosystem.
Fiction book (1999) -
Their biosystem has suffered worse from occasional atomic accidents than from deliberate use.
Fiction book (1999) -
We learn to regulate biosystems, conserve energy, and communicate effectively.
Blog text (22) -
If anything, those incidents made humans more cautious with the use of atomics—and then, by extension, cautious with anything that could damage the biosystem.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hellworld was marked but lightly, if at all, and its ferocious biosystem continued to evolve horrifying lifeforms at shocking speed.
Fiction book (1999) -
Also, preoccupied with the biosystem's overwhelming tendency toward predation, they quite overlooked the almost equally vigorous trend toward symbiosis.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Amazon rainforest is a crucial biosystem that supports countless species and helps regulate the Earth's climate.
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Pollution can severely disrupt a biosystem, leading to loss of biodiversity and damaging ecological balance.
Synonyms
98
3.4
A community of living things and the environment that work together
1
5.5
A group of plants, animals, and other living things that live in the same place and depend on each other
How Big
31
5.3
- Specialized
2
6.9
- Specialized
98
3.4
- Specialized
1
5.8
- Specialized
38
2.8
- Specialized
218
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word biosystem combines bio- 'life' and system 'parts working together', like in ecosystem. So a biosystem can mean a group of living things and their environment that interact and depend on each other.