balance of nature

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noun

population equilibrium among organisms and their environments resulting from continuous interaction and interdependency.

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Origin of balance of nature

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby balance of nature

balanced step, balanced ticket, balanced translocation, balanced valve, balance lug, balance of nature, balance of payments, balance of power, balance of terror, balance of trade, balance pipe

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How to use balance of nature in a sentence

The “nature of the crime” was too serious to release him, they said.
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That explanation is believable…but increasingly less so when you hear Jay talk about the nature of his relationship with Adnan.
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The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
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However, it appears it is this very open nature that the Lizard Squad is attempting to exploit.
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He was trying, I think, to demonstrate balance and equivalence.
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A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
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Of course the expression of this value is modified and characterized by the nature of the thing spoken of.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The pictures of flowers which this artist paints prove her to be a devoted lover of nature.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement

British Dictionary definitions for balance of nature

balance of nature

noun

the stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for balance of nature

balance of nature

A concept in ecology that describes natural systems as being in a state of equilibrium, in which disturbing one element disturbs the entire system. The inference is usually drawn that the natural state of any system is the preferred state and that it is best to leave it undisturbed. Modern ecologists no longer believe that a balance of nature exists.