ecosphere

American  

[ek-oh-sfeer, ee-koh-] / ˈɛk oʊˌsfɪər, ˈi koʊ- /

noun

1. Also called physiological atmosphere.  the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4,000 meters).

2. Ecology. the planetary ecosystem, including all the earth's living organisms and their physical environment; biosphere.

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ecosphere British  

/ ˈiːkəʊˌsfɪə, ˈɛkəʊ- /

noun

1. the planetary ecosystem, consisting of all living organisms and their environment

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ecosphere Scientific  

/ ē′kō-sfîr′ /

1. The regions of the Earth that are capable of supporting life, together with the ecosystems they contain; the biosphere.

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Etymology

Origin of ecosphere

First recorded in 1950–55; eco- + sphere

Example Sentences

Newson is more fluent in the ecosphere of social media, podcasts and the like.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

But as the pandemic wore on and the world started opening up, the pop-up ecosphere started to cool.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

The first book I read about it, some 50 years ago, was “The Closing Circle,” by Barry Commoner, which lays out the damage humans had already done to the ecosphere.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2022

A major change, one that’s been true for several seasons now, is that television seems to be the "SNL" player's preferred point of assimilation into the greater Hollywood ecosphere as opposed to film.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2019

Brill, 28, an advertising copywriter, uses the fundamentals of Frazier’s rhyming to create a manufactured, if plausible, pseudo-Clyde verbal ecosphere.

From New York Times • May 9, 2012

Related Words

• atmosphere
• ecosystem