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ecosystem | or |

As nouns the difference between ecosystem and or

is that ecosystem is a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit while or is gold.

ecosystem

English

(wikipedia ecosystem)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
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    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems , and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
  • (business, marketing) A set of interconnected products and services.

    • or

    English

    (wikipedia or)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "eitheror".
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    • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or' disciform, as broad ' or broader than the calyptra stalk
  • Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.
  • Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
  • Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • Connects two equivalent names.
    • Synonyms
    *
    See also
    * neither * nor

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
    • 1909', The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "'''or " and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry
    1889', In engraving, "'''Or " is expressed by dots. — Charles Norton Elvin, ''A Dictionary of Heraldry
    Synonyms
    * (gold or yellow tincture) , Or
    Related terms
    * Au (chemical symbol for gold)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
    • Synonyms
    * gold

    Etymology 3

    Late (etyl) ). Compare (ere).

    Adverb

  • (obsolete) Early (on).
  • (obsolete) Earlier, previously.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Before; ere.
  • *, Book VII:
  • *:"Sey ye never so," seyde Sir Bors, "for many tymys or this she hath bene wroth with you, and aftir that she was the firste that repented hit."

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