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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English biological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English biologically From biological + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a biological manner.
Working with a concept formulated in New Jersey, Open Marsh Water Management, techniques were developed that controlled mosquitoes biologically, rather than chemically, resulting in minimal physical impacts to the treated marshes, […]
1985, Technologies to Benefit Agriculture and Wildlife: Workshop Proceedings, page 101:... and have built vast greenhouses dedicated to breeding and harvesting ladybirds to control pests biologically rather than chemically.
2017, David B. Grant, Chee Yew Wong, Alexander Trautrims, Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 55:
- (not-comparable) With regard to biology.
Deriveds
unbiologically · abiologically · pathobiologically · mechanobiologically · astrobiologically
Translations (13)
es biológicamente (with regard to biology) · pl biologicznie (with regard to biology) · ru биологи́чески (with regard to biology) · et bioloogiliselt (with regard to biology) · ca biològicament (with regard to biology) · tr biyolojik olarak (with regard to biology) · pl biologicznie (in a biological manner) · pt biologicamente (with regard to biology) · uk біологі́чно (with regard to biology) · gl bioloxicamente (with regard to biology) · oc biologicament (with regard to biology) · it biologicamente (with regard to biology) · fr biologiquement (with regard to biology)