Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as bionomical.
  • noun Same as bionomics.

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  • adjective Relating to bionomics.

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  • adjective of or relating to the science of ecology

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Examples

  • The goal towards which the fundamental bionomic forces were driving was everywhere the same, but the particulars varied widely with the geographical, ethnic and traditional circumstances, and their immediate interpretations were even more diverse.

    The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

  • By this substitution of a sure job for a possible masterpiece, military science made a deliberate sacrifice of capacity in order to reduce the uncertain element, the bionomic factor, in enlisted humanity.

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

  • But Rothschild’s book is still probably the best case yet made for the biological analogy, what the author calls “the bionomic perspective.”

    Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

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