environmental

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment
    of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings

Word Origin

environmental (adj.)
1887, "environing, surrounding," from environment + -al (1). Ecological sense by 1967. Related: Environmentally (1884).

Example

1. So we concluded that the cause was environmental .
2. They had only one goal : to prevent environmental destruction .
3. The environmental equations aren 't simple .
4. Enter environmental hygiene engineer pettersson .
5. And what about the environmental concerns ?

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