environaladj.
/ᵻnˈvʌɪrən(ə)l/, /ᵻnˈvʌɪrn̩(ə)l/, /ɛnˈvʌɪrən(ə)l/, /ɛnˈvʌɪrn̩(ə)l/, U.S. /ənˈvaɪrənl/, /ənˈvaɪ(ə)rnl/, /ɛnˈvaɪrənl/, /ɛnˈvaɪ(ə)rnl/ = environmental adj. (in various senses).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > of or relating to one's or the environment
environmental1873
environal1888
1888 J. T. Gullick in Linn. Soc. Jrnl. 20 222 Environal Segregation is Segregation arising from the relations in which the organism stands to the environment.
1918 Mem. Brooklyn Bot. Garden 1917 1 314 Plant variation as due to varying environal stimuli is a phenomenon witnessed everywhere around us.
1963 Mycologia 55 795 Both asexual and sexual reproduction occur on these [agar] substrates under favourable environal conditions.
1995 T. Swain & G. Trompf Relig. Oceania iv. 124 Deities one might place in the category of great or ‘high’ gods are conceived to be ever-present, pervasive but characteristically environal, or else they have removed themselves to some other place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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