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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
Carl Safina

Meaning of "food chain" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOD CHAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOD CHAIN

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Food chain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOD CHAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Food chain

A food chain is a linear sequence of links in a food web starting from a species that are called producers in the web and ends at a species that is called decomposers species in the web. A food chain also shows how the organisms are related with each other by the food they eat. A food chain differs from a food web, because the complex polyphagous network of feeding relations are aggregated into trophic species and the chain only follows linear monophagous pathways. A common metric used to quantify food web trophic structure is food chain length. In its simplest form, the length of a chain is the number of links between a trophic consumer and the base of the web and the mean chain length of an entire web is the arithmetic average of the lengths of all chains in a food web. Food chains were first introduced by the African-Arab scientist and philosopher Al-Jahiz in the 9th century and later popularized in a book published in 1927 by Charles Elton, which also introduced the food web concept.

Definition of food chain in the English dictionary

The definition of food chain in the dictionary is a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which each species is the food of the next member of the chain. Other definition of food chain is the hierarchy in an organization or society.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOD CHAIN

food additive
food aid
food allergy
Food and Agriculture Organization
Food and Drug Administration
food body
food colouring
food coma
food combining
food conversion ratio
food counter
food crop
food fascist
food grains
food group
food industry
food intolerance
food irradiation
food labelling
food mile

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOD CHAIN

ball and chain
branched chain
chain
curb chain
daisy chain
door chain
drive chain
fast-food chain
grand chain
hain
heavy chain
hotel chain
long-chain
Markov chain
mountain chain
open chain
paper chain
side chain
straight chain
supply chain
unchain

Synonyms and antonyms of food chain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «food chain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOD CHAIN

Find out the translation of food chain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of food chain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «food chain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

食物链
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadena alimenticia
570 millions of speakers

English

food chain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाद्य श्रृंखला
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السلسلة الغذائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пищевой цепи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cadeia alimentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাদ্য শৃঙ্খল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chaîne alimentaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

rantai makanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nahrungskette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食物連鎖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

먹이사슬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chain pangan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chuỗi thức ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணவு சங்கிலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अन्न साखळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

besin zinciri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catena alimentare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łańcucha żywnościowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

харчового ланцюга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lanțul alimentar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τροφική αλυσίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voedselketting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

livsmedelskedjan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

næringskjeden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of food chain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOD CHAIN»

The term «food chain» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOD CHAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about food chain

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOOD CHAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word food chain.
1
Peter Benchley
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.
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Peter Benchley
If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted.
3
Yehuda Berg
With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
4
Peabo Bryson
I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so.
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Arthur Potts Dawson
Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain.
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Nonito Donaire
Even the other kids who people made fun of made fun of me. That's where I stood on the school food chain.
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Jeff Goodell
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.
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Mike Johanns
Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
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Heather Mills
What I've been developing is a vegan fast food chain and vegan food markets.
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Carl Safina
If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOD CHAIN»

Discover the use of food chain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to food chain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Food Chain
This simple, vivid story follows the food chain created when a naughty boy throws a goldfish down the toilet: it reaches the sea and is soon eaten by a larger fish, and it in turn is eaten by a larger fish .
M. P. Robertson, 2011
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Agri-food Chain Relationships
This book is the result of several years of research activity on the topic of how to better link farmers, processors and retailers with each other in order to ensure and improve the supply of food products which meet consumer needs and ...
Christian Fischer, Monika Hartmann, 2010
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Safety in the Agri-food Chain
However, safety of food can only be guaranteed by the integration of control systems in the complete food chain "from stable to table".This book covers the total agri-food chain.
Pieternel A. Luning, Frank Devlieghere, Roland Verhé, 2006
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A Tundra Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the Arctic
Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.
Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, Donald Wojahn, 2009
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Worlds of Food : Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food ...
Three leading scholars in the field explain why place and provenance are assuming more importance in the food chain to producers, consumers, and regulators.
Kevin Morgan, Terry Marsden, Jonathan Murdoch, 2006
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The Food Chain
Brian Friel has been recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright...his latest work, MOLLY SWEENEY...confirms that Mr. Friel still writes like a dream.
Nicky Silver, 1996
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Food Chain: Short Stories
Imagine Joyce Carol Oates as William Burroughs and you've got Janet Kieffer, writing of losers and lost in biting prose that glitters like rhinestones.
Janet Kieffer, 2004
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Food chain
A new work from the winner of the Time Out Best Play Award 1996.
Mick Mahoney, Royal Court Theatre, 2003
9
An Arctic Tundra Food Chain
Introduces some of the plants and animals that make up the Arctic tundra food chain, including the arctic willow, lemming, polar bear, snowy owl, ermine, and arctic wolf.
Angelique D. Tarbox, 2009
10
Staying Alive: The Story of a Food Chain
Describes what food chains are, how all plants and animals use food chains, and the creatures at the top of the food chain.
Jacqui Bailey, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOD CHAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term food chain is used in the context of the following news items.
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That rattling sound is the food chain | San Diego Reader
But there's no shutting down the other forces rattling the food chain. #Weird weather conditions are being linked to mass casualties and the ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
2
Can You Guess Which Fast-Food Chain Is America's Favorite? (Hint …
In fact, only one fast-food chain actually improved their rating year over year: Dunkin Donuts saw its rating improve 4% from 75 to 78. Nothing to ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
3
Plankton Eat Plastic And So Does The Rest Of The Food Chain
Sure, humans are at the top of the food chain, but whatever we consume has to have something even the ones at the bottom took in. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
4
Are The McDonald's Minions Swearing? Fast Food Chain Responds …
Fast Food Chain Responds After Parents Complain ... appear to be swearing, prompting the fast food chain to respond and ease their minds. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Pollinators are work horses of the food chain - Times Record News …
Pollinators are work horses of the food chain. Wichita County Master Gardeners/Beth Turlington. 2:21 PM, Jul 10, 2015. 2:23 PM, Jul 10, 2015. lifestyle. «Times Record News, Jul 15»
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No open carry at Texas fast food chain
One famous Texas-based fast food chain, however, told customers that non-concealed guns will not be permitted in stores. The president of ... «New Mexico Political Report, Jul 15»
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'Unhealthy' Fast Food Chain Sonic Expands in East Bay
According to San Francisco Business Times, the Oklahoma based quick service empire is eyeing "double digit growth" in California, where it ... «NBC Bay Area, Jul 15»
8
Fast-food chain Cook Out is heating up Route 3
The Scoop: Southern fast-food chain's northernmost location's “outdoors-style cooking” has played to packed houses since opening. There's no ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
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Chicken fast-food chain enters market
A fast-food chain focused on chicken is planning to enter the West Michigan market. Chick-fil-A, Inc. has purchased the site of the former ... «Grand Rapids Business Journal, Jul 15»
10
The Act of Eating Taco Bell Just Got Even Lazier
Taco Bell is the latest fast-food chain to enter the delivery market with the announcement of its partnership with Palo Alto-based delivery service ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»

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