symbiosis
IPA: sɪmbaɪˈoʊsʌs
noun
- A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
- (ecology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species that normally benefits both members. An interspecies cooperation.
- (biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species, regardless of benefit to the members.
- The state of people of different types, races, cultures, communities, etc., living together.
- The occurrence of two different or opposing things in the same time and place.
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Examples of "symbiosis" in Sentences
- He envisioned a symbiosis of the two religions.
- For example, it is the symbiosis theory of mitochondria.
- Mutualism and symbiosis overlap but neither is a form of the other.
- In some cases, this symbiosis may lead to the commission of crimes.
- It is used to study the symbiosis responsible for nitrogen fixation.
- Both the music and the advertisement can benefit from this symbiosis.
- An even closer form of symbiosis may explain the origin of chloroplasts.
- Maybe they even managed to form a symbiosis with us in the form of snot.
- In what ways have the worms and the plants evolved together in symbiosis
- Symbiosis aim to promote human development in harmony with the environment.