What does "environmental" mean?
Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
Environmental
/ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
- Grammar: environmental is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: agricultural ecosystem services, ambient, ambient condition, ambient hum.
- Useful contrasts: biological determinant, biological root, familial predisposition.
- Usage evidence: Environmental problems call for quick action.
How to use "environmental"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
"The process to enable migration from the vendor-supplied configuration to a new architecture depends on many system environmentals."
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to the environment. not-comparable
"That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition."
- 2 Environmentally friendly. not-comparable
"Because consumers who are buying such productss cannot fully internalize the external utility of their purchase, prices for environmental products and other environmental innovations may be insufficiently high to cover their costs ( Kaas, 1993; Cleff and Rennings, 1999)."
Adjective
- 1 concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment wordnet
- 2 of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings wordnet
Synonyms
All synonyms agricultural ecosystem servicesambientambient conditionambient humambient temperature controlanimal habitat
Antonyms
Example
"Environmental problems call for quick action."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "environmental"?
Common synonyms include: agricultural ecosystem services, ambient, ambient condition, ambient hum, ambient temperature control, animal habitat.
How do you use "environmental" in a sentence?
Environmental problems call for quick action.
How do you pronounce "environmental"?
Pronounced /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/.
Etymology
From environment + -al.