Non-living; describes a property of an environment that is purely physical or chemical, such as light, air, water, or nutrients. © 2009 Nature Education

1. Not associated with living organisms.

Non-living thing. Usually refers to the physical and chemical components of an organism's environment. Also called inorganic.

[Gk. a, not, without + bios, life] Nonliving; specifically, the nonliving components of an ecosystem, such as temperature, humidity, the mineral content of the soil, etc.

abiological Not associated with living organisms.

physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms

"without life," 1870, from a- (3) + biotic.

characterized by the absence of life or living organisms

lacking or absent of life.

Refers to nonliving basic elements and compounds of the environment.

Things that are not and never have been alive. abscission zone:

 Things that are not and never have been alive.

Non-living, applied to the physical and chemical aspects of an organism’s environment. Townsend, Begon & Harper 2008 1

A non-living (physical or chemical) component of the environment. Compare biotic. abomasum

physical or nonliving factor that shapes an ecosystem

Non-living.

  Incompatibility with life, without life

something that was never alive, such as water or rocks. This term is often used to refer to the physical environment.

Nonliving chemical and physical factors in an environment.

Not associated or derived from living organisms. Abiotic factors in an environment include sunlight, temperature and precipitation.

This is a term used to describe anything which is characterized by the absence of life or incompatible with life. In toxicology and ecotoxicology it refers to physical (e.g. heat, sunlight) or chemica [..]

Any factor in the environment that is nonliving (soil, weather, water).

environmental features that are physical rather than biological, and thus characterized by the absence of life; opposite of biotic

Devoid of life.

A generic term describing cultivation of marine / freshwater species. This includes both plants and animals. Back to Top Benthic

of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms

Non-living thing. Usually refers to the physical and chemical components of an organism's environment. Also called inorganic

<biology> Refers to nonliving objects, substances or processes. (06 May 1997)

Of or pertaining to the nonliving.

The non-living components of a species' environment.

describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature

non-living chemical and physical factors of the environment (see also biotic).

Nonbiological.

Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. Mid 20^th century.SOED5|page=4 Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incom [..]

The non-living parts of an ecosystem.

The absence of living systems.

non-living. However, see Animism.