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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the natural environment, and esp. to the ecological effects of altering it or attempts made to protect it.
Environmental pollution is a serious problem.
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to external conditions or surroundings.
He examined the relationship between nutritional health and stress, but he failed to take into account environmental factors.The child's problems with school were largely environmental. He had no place to study at home and no access to a computer. |
| definition 3: |
in medicine, of or relating to hazards originating in the environment, esp. those hazards common to industrialized societies.
The root of the workers' environmental illness proved to be exposure to a toxic chemical on the job. |
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