biotic

[ bahy-ot-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to life.

biotic

/ baɪˈɒtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to living organisms
2. See edaphic
   (of a factor in an ecosystem) produced by the action of living organisms Compare edaphic

biotic

/ bī-ŏt′ĭk /

1. Consisting of living organisms. An ecosystem is made up of a biotic community (all of the naturally occurring organisms within the system) together with the physical environment.
2. Associated with or derived from living organisms. The biotic factors in an environment include the organisms themselves as well as such items as predation, competition for food resources, and symbiotic relationships.
3. Compare abiotic

Word History and Origins

Origin of biotic¹

1590–1600; < Greek biōtikós of, pertaining to life, equivalent to biō-, verbid stem of bioûn to live + -tikos -tic

Word History and Origins

Origin of biotic¹

C17: from Greek biotikos , from bios life

Example Sentences

That pre-biotic material could be a recipe for life in the subsurface pools.

From Time

When you do, she decides to drop the “tough biotic b----” act and finally be emotionally vulnerable with another human being.

From Washington Post

This other doubt is a passionate doubt, it is the eternal conflict between reason and feeling, science and life, logic and biotic.

From Project Gutenberg

These contact zones are, in a special sense, the province of geography in both its physical and its biotic aspects.

From Project Gutenberg

Each of these has varying combinations of physical and biotic factors that are important in the ecology of amphibians.

From Project Gutenberg

The last is like that described for the Tamaulipan Biotic Province.

From Project Gutenberg

Within these zones certain ecologic communities can be recognized; these represent several biotic provinces.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• biological
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