nonliving
Americanadjective
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It was once thought that the difference between living and nonliving things was absolute and miraculous, something that couldn’t be explained by science alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Fatty acids showed the opposite trend, with nonliving chemical processes producing more even distributions than biological ones.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
The recycling of nutrients from detritus, or nonliving organic matter, is a core process in all ecosystems.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2023
In the Great Andamanese view of nature, the foremost distinction was between tajio, the living, and eleo, the nonliving.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
The rate of decline is known precisely; every 5,730 years, half of the C14 atoms in nonliving substances become regular carbon atoms.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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