milieux
- noun
- /mɪlˈju/
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- The forest provides a rich milieu for various species to thrive, offering food and shelter.
Is there anything else we're missing in kind of the milieu that is life beyond now training stimulus?
- Is there anything else we're missing in kind of the milieu that is life beyond now training stimulus?
Examples
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The laboratory's controlled milieu allows researchers to study the effects of different variables on cell growth.
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In the coral reef, the warm waters create an ideal milieu for diverse marine life.
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That actually provides a really nice milieu for the production of healthy mouth bacteria.
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Is there anything else we're missing in kind of the milieu that is life beyond now training stimulus?
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So once you get away from the hunter gatherer milieu, we're getting more and more or less and less natural.
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So once you get away from the hunter gatherer milieu, we're getting more and more or less and less natural.
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They may go different places, they may respond differently to the local milieu depending on where they go in the body.
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So for planetary protection purposes, we worry about not only the organisms but also the whole organic milieu that they bring with them.
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I mean something more by this assertion than simply that the physical forms of books can convey significant information about the milieux from which those books emerged.
Academic text (1992) -
The pressures were understandably greater in the case of nations confined to islands or similar resource-dependent geographical milieux such as England and Japan, thus explaining why England was engaged in such a furious push for ever more colonies after the Industrial Revolution had both augmented the country's power and created an insatiable need for more overseas markets.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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2.7
The people, places, and conditions around a person, animal, or thing that affect them
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2.5
The area and things near a person or place
A small area inside a larger place that has different conditions
A small place inside a habitat where certain animals or plants live
The area around a town or city
How Technical
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word milieux comes from the French pieces mi 'middle' and lieu 'place'. You can picture each natural or technical setting as a 'middle place' where organisms or processes live and work, which is why people use milieux for different physical environments.