Environment

Environment

The totality of the surrounding external conditions梑iological, chemical, and physical梬ithin which an organism, community, or object exists. The term is not exclusive in that organisms can be and usually are part of another organism's environment. Thus one can speak of the environment as that within which humankind lives, i.e., separate and external; or, one can speak of humankind as a component of the environment.

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