Definition of "environmental" []

• Of, relating to, or associated with the environment. (adjective)
• Relating to or being concerned with the ecological impact of altering the environment. (adjective)
• Medicine Of or relating to potentially harmful factors originating in the environment: environmental illness. (adjective)

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• "If we suppose that some of the ˜pegs™ in Waddington's model are environmental factors, rather than genetic loci, then we can define separate notions of ˜environmental canalisation™ and ˜genetic canalisation™."
• "The unpopularity of the green movement still makes the term "environmental" seem toxic in some circles."
• "The team found that in the previous two decades industrial society had gone into overshoot - the term environmental scientists use for a population of living things that is consuming vital resources so extravagantly that the ability of their environment to keep supporting them is at risk."