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organic
[ awr-gan-ik ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
Antonyms: inorganic
- characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms:
organic remains found in rocks.
- of, relating to, or affecting living tissue:
organic pathology.
- Psychology. caused by neurochemical, neuroendocrinologic, structural, or other physical impairment or change: organic disorder. Compare functional ( def 5 ).
- Philosophy. having an organization similar in its complexity to that of living things.
elements fitting together into a unified, organic whole.
- of or relating to the basic constitution or structure of a thing; constitutional; structural:
The flaws in your writing are too organic to be easily remedied.
Synonyms: basic, fundamental, inherent
- developing in a manner analogous to the natural growth and evolution characteristic of living organisms; arising as a natural outgrowth.
- viewing or explaining something as having a growth and development analogous to that of living organisms:
an organic theory of history.
- pertaining to, involving, or grown with fertilizers or pesticides of animal or vegetable origin, as distinguished from manufactured chemicals:
organic farming; organic fruits.
- Law. of or relating to the constitutional or essential law or laws of organizing the government of a state.
- Architecture. noting or pertaining to any work of architecture regarded as analogous to plant or animal forms in having a structure and a plan that fulfill perfectly the functional requirements for the building and that form in themselves an intellectually lucid, integrated whole.
- Fine Arts. of or relating to the shapes or forms in a work of art that are of irregular contour and seem to resemble or suggest forms found in nature.
noun
- a substance, as a fertilizer or pesticide, of animal or vegetable origin.
organic
/ ɔːˈɡænɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living plants and animals
- of or relating to animal or plant constituents or products having a carbon basis
- of or relating to one or more organs of an animal or plant
- of, relating to, or belonging to the class of chemical compounds that are formed from carbon Compare inorganic
an organic compound
- constitutional in the structure of something; fundamental; integral
- of or characterized by the coordination of integral parts; organized
- developing naturally
organic change through positive education
- of or relating to the essential constitutional laws regulating the government of a state
organic law
- of, relating to, or grown with the use of fertilizers or pesticides deriving from animal or vegetable matter, rather than from chemicals
noun
- any substance, such as a fertilizer or pesticide, that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
- organic food collectively
organic
/ ôr-găn′ĭk /
- Involving organisms or the products of their life processes.
- Relating to chemical compounds containing carbon, especially hydrocarbons.
- Using or produced with fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin.
- Relating to or affecting organs or an organ of the body. An organic disease is one in which there is a demonstrable abnormality on physical examination, laboratory testing, or other diagnostic studies.
organic
- In medicine, a descriptive term for things or conditions that have to do with an organ in the body. The term can also refer to something that is derived from living organisms.
Derived Forms
- orˈganically, adverb
Other Words From
- or·gani·cal·ness or·ga·nic·i·ty [awr-g, uh, -, nis, -i-tee], noun
- hyper·or·ganic adjective
- nonor·ganic adjective
- preor·ganic adjective
- pseudo·or·ganic adjective
- quasi-or·ganic adjective
- semi·or·ganic adjective
- subor·ganic adjective
- unor·ganic adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
In their work, now published in Nature, Lang and colleagues combine two emerging solar cell technologies, namely perovskite and organic solar cells, that both are processed at low temperatures with a low carbon footprint.
Known for his unique, organic and graphic style of portraiture brought to life with his own hand-crafted coffee pigments, the New York-based painter is showing his most ambitious collection of work to date.
"I imagine it like some organic cathedral with stained glass windows, with the light falling on the parishioners inside," said Johnsen, the senior author and a biology professor at Duke.
They then measured their remaining organic mass to assess how much carbon had been preserved in the wetlands.
Astrobiologists believe that extraterrestrial life, if it exists, would require a planet or planetary moon with water and carbon in order to form organic molecules, which is why there is interest in Miranda.
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