Symbiotic
adjective
Describes the relationship between two different living beings where they both benefit from each other's activity.
The relationship between bees and flowers is symbiotic because bees get nectar from the flowers and in return they help flowers pollinate.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic relationship
- symbiotic interaction
adjective
In computing, something that is made better or works more efficiently because of another thing.
In a symbiotic architecture, the hardware and software work together to enhance overall system performance.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic architecture
- symbiotic system
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Describes a situation where different people, businesses, etc. get advantage from each other.
The architect and the builder have a symbiotic relationship where they both benefit from each other's skills.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic partnership
- symbiotic collaboration
adjective
Describes the relationship between two different living beings where they both benefit from each other's activity.
The relationship between bees and flowers is symbiotic because bees get nectar from the flowers and in return they help flowers pollinate.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic relationship
- symbiotic interaction
adjective
In computing, something that is made better or works more efficiently because of another thing.
In a symbiotic architecture, the hardware and software work together to enhance overall system performance.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic architecture
- symbiotic system
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Describes a situation where different people, businesses, etc. get advantage from each other.
The architect and the builder have a symbiotic relationship where they both benefit from each other's skills.
Often appears as...
- symbiotic partnership
- symbiotic collaboration
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The term 'symbiotic' suggests a favorable interaction where both sides win.
The clownfish and sea anemone engage in a symbiotic bond, each providing protection for the other.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Parasitic
'Symbiotic' is different from 'parasitic', where one benefits at the other's expense.
Unlike a tick on a dog, a symbiotic relationship aids both, like oxpeckers on rhinos.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Balance
'Symbiotic' often implies balance in nature, helping to maintain ecological stability.
Bees and blooming plants share a symbiotic relationship crucial for the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The term 'symbiotic' suggests a favorable interaction where both sides win.
The clownfish and sea anemone engage in a symbiotic bond, each providing protection for the other.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Parasitic
'Symbiotic' is different from 'parasitic', where one benefits at the other's expense.
Unlike a tick on a dog, a symbiotic relationship aids both, like oxpeckers on rhinos.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Balance
'Symbiotic' often implies balance in nature, helping to maintain ecological stability.
Bees and blooming plants share a symbiotic relationship crucial for the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The term 'symbiotic' suggests a favorable interaction where both sides win.
The clownfish and sea anemone engage in a symbiotic bond, each providing protection for the other.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Parasitic
'Symbiotic' is different from 'parasitic', where one benefits at the other's expense.
Unlike a tick on a dog, a symbiotic relationship aids both, like oxpeckers on rhinos.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Balance
'Symbiotic' often implies balance in nature, helping to maintain ecological stability.
Bees and blooming plants share a symbiotic relationship crucial for the ecosystem.
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beneficialcollaborativecomplementarycooperativedependentinterdependentreciprocal
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
and apply biomimicry ideas to maximize the benefits. And when you think about nature, often you think about it as being all about competition. But actually in mature ecosystems, you're just as likely to find examples of symbiotic relationships. So an important biomimicry principle is to find ways of bringing technologies together
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Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
regional food systems, local control of food systems, not governmental control, access to Indigenous education and environmental protections to protect a lot of this natural food that surround us. We need to be better connected to our nature around us and really, truly understand how it's a symbiotic relationship.
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Can plants talk to each...
Most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages.
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How Wildlife Is Bouncing...
beard community work via conservation they all some form of symbiotic relationship they all flow into each other if one is not there we're not able to function properly we work as a team we don't work in isolation we wake as a team that's the most important thing
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The secret language of...
They do all this rooted in place, unable to speak, reach out, or move around. The secret to their success lies under the forest floor, where vast root systems support the towering trunks above. Partnering with these roots are symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae.
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Why do we pass gas? -...
as they digest parts of food which we cannot. Our intestine is home to trillions of bacteria living in a symbiotic relationship with us. We provide them with a safe place to stay and food to eat. In exchange, they help us extract energy from our food,
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These animals are also...
Organisms as diverse as corals, giant clams and sponges have symbiotic algae living inside their cells, supplying them with organic compounds through photosynthesis. In turn, they supply their little helpers with shelter and inorganic compounds.
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Monsters of the Deep PIPE...
partner an algae colony in this symbiotic relationship the clam provides the algae with protection in exchange for skimming a little algae off the top for the midnight snack never one to pass up a free meal the giant clams also
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Creating living...
landscapes look and how people use them but also how they function as ecological systems what this requires is for us to build living infrastructures and we begin to do this by making more symbiotic boundaries between human
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You don't have to be an...
I explore new frontiers for artificial intelligence, where the symbiotic relationship between man and machine can find a beneficial footing and help us to make better decisions. As I thought about the air pollution problem,
Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
and apply biomimicry ideas to maximize the benefits. And when you think about nature, often you think about it as being all about competition. But actually in mature ecosystems, you're just as likely to find examples of symbiotic relationships. So an important biomimicry principle is to find ways of bringing technologies together
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
regional food systems, local control of food systems, not governmental control, access to Indigenous education and environmental protections to protect a lot of this natural food that surround us. We need to be better connected to our nature around us and really, truly understand how it's a symbiotic relationship.
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
Most plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi, which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages.
Video examples
How Wildlife Is Bouncing...
beard community work via conservation they all some form of symbiotic relationship they all flow into each other if one is not there we're not able to function properly we work as a team we don't work in isolation we wake as a team that's the most important thing
Video examples
The secret language of...
They do all this rooted in place, unable to speak, reach out, or move around. The secret to their success lies under the forest floor, where vast root systems support the towering trunks above. Partnering with these roots are symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae.
Video examples
Why do we pass gas? -...
as they digest parts of food which we cannot. Our intestine is home to trillions of bacteria living in a symbiotic relationship with us. We provide them with a safe place to stay and food to eat. In exchange, they help us extract energy from our food,
Video examples
These animals are also...
Organisms as diverse as corals, giant clams and sponges have symbiotic algae living inside their cells, supplying them with organic compounds through photosynthesis. In turn, they supply their little helpers with shelter and inorganic compounds.
Video examples
Monsters of the Deep PIPE...
partner an algae colony in this symbiotic relationship the clam provides the algae with protection in exchange for skimming a little algae off the top for the midnight snack never one to pass up a free meal the giant clams also
Video examples
Creating living...
landscapes look and how people use them but also how they function as ecological systems what this requires is for us to build living infrastructures and we begin to do this by making more symbiotic boundaries between human
Video examples
You don't have to be an...
I explore new frontiers for artificial intelligence, where the symbiotic relationship between man and machine can find a beneficial footing and help us to make better decisions. As I thought about the air pollution problem,
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Quote examples
Ram Dass
American Psychologist
We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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Nir Eyal
American Author
Everything I write is meant to share what I'm struggling with. I hope that it helps other people. I benefit from that a great deal because I always hear new ideas from my readers. It's a very symbiotic relationship.
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Carla Gugino
American Actress
One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.
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Julian Barnes
English Writer
Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book.
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William Irwin Thompson
American Philosopher
A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes.
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Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.
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Brad Goreski
American Designer
Hollywood and fashion are symbiotic partners, especially during awards season.
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Peter Levine
American Businessman
There's going to be a symbiotic relationship between the edge and the cloud.
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Inga Muscio
American Activist
Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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Ram Dass
American Psychologist
We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
Quote examples
Nir Eyal
American Author
Everything I write is meant to share what I'm struggling with. I hope that it helps other people. I benefit from that a great deal because I always hear new ideas from my readers. It's a very symbiotic relationship.
Quote examples
Carla Gugino
American Actress
One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.
Quote examples
Julian Barnes
English Writer
Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book.
Quote examples
William Irwin Thompson
American Philosopher
A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes.
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Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.
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Brad Goreski
American Designer
Hollywood and fashion are symbiotic partners, especially during awards season.
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Peter Levine
American Businessman
There's going to be a symbiotic relationship between the edge and the cloud.
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Inga Muscio
American Activist
Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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