biogeochemicaladj.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌdʒioʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Of or relating to biogeochemistry; spec. designating the cycles in which chemical elements and compounds are transferred between living organisms and the environment.
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the world > life > biology > study > [adjective] > biochemistry > branches of
histochemical1848
cytochemical1913
biogeochemical1929
palaeobiochemical1937
enzymological1956
ultracytochemical1963
1929 Science 30 Aug. (Sci. News Suppl.) p. xiv/1 This is the claim advanced by Professor V. J. Vernadsky..after investigations conducted at the Russian State Radium Institute and the Biogeochemical Laboratory.
1938 tr. V. I. Vernadsky Some Fund. Probl. Biogeochem. 5 Life in the biogeochemical aspect is the living matter of the biosphere, that is, the total of all the living organisms present in the biosphere at a given moment.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 353/1 Such advanced techniques..are..doing much to further the study of biogeochemical cycles.
1983 R. G. Wetzel Limnology (ed. 2) viii. 134 The biota are inseparably coupled with the dynamics of many chemical elements, in particular..their biogeochemical regulation.
2008 Australian (Nexis) 16 Jan. 25 Before the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago, the natural biogeochemical cycles [of carbon]..could deal with the emissions.
Derivatives
ˌbiogeoˈchemically adv. with respect to biogeochemical properties or behaviour.
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1963 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27 811 The mechanically separated chondrules and matrix..were analysed... Amino acids were investigated, since they generally are more informative biogeochemically.
1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) ii. 52/1 The transport of biogeochemically important compounds.
2005 Canad. Geographic May 32/1 It has been generally assumed that all lakes in the boreal forest are biogeochemically alike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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