Inorganic

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Involving neither organic life nor the products of organic life.
  • adjective. Not composed of organic matter.
  • adjective. Of or relating to compounds not containing hydrocarbon groups or derivatives.
  • adjective. Not arising in normal growth; artificial.
  • adjective. Lacking system or structure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not organic; not organized; specifically, not having that organization which characterizes living bodies. See organic and organism.
  • Not produced by vital processes: as, an inorganic compound.
  • In philology, of unintended or accidental origin; not normally developed: as, the distinctions of lead and led, of man and men, of was and were, which are of phonetic origin; or the i of Fr. vient (Latin venit), as compared with that of mais (Latin magis).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to compounds that are not derivatives of hydrocarbons; not organic{5}.
  • adjective. See under Chemistry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. relating to a compound that does not contain carbon
  • adjective. that does not originate in a living organism
  • noun. An inorganic compound
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
  • adjective. relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis
  • Word Usage
    "Were not man's origin implicated, we should accept without a murmur the derivation of animal and vegetable life from what we call inorganic nature."
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