Meaning Inorganic
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Non-living thing. Usually refers to the physical and chemical components of an organism's environment. Some times called abiotic.
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A term used to describe the growth of a business from mergers or takeovers, rather than from the increase in productivity or activity of the company's own business.
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1727, "without the organized structure which characterizes living things," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + organic (adj.). Inorganical in this sense is from 1670s. Meaning " [..]
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Not containing any organic substances.
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composed of material that is not living, and never was, such as rock.
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adj. Not containing carbon. Not from living things, e.g., minerals, water, oxygen, etc.
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Being or composed of matter other than plant and animal (carbon-based); often of mineral origin.
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1. Not composed of or derived from plant or animal materials. 2. A compound that does not contain carbon.
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A chemical or fertilizer which is not obtained from a source which is or has been alive.  insecticide
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This word really refers to the fact that a substance does not contain carbon. Over the years it has come to refer to a method of cultivation where inorganic fertilizers (‘artificials’) are used as a supplement to (or instead of) organic ones (the organic in this context intended to mean those derived from natural sources) and chemicals having a syn [..]
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Containing no carbon; generally used to indicate materials (for example, fertilizers) that are of mineral origin.
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non-living things. Also abiotic.
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non-organic (pop)
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A chemical compound or fertilizer which does not contain carbon.
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Being or composed of something other than plant or animal (i.e. mineral); primarily relates to fillers being inorganic.
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Compounds that do not contain carbon, such as minerals and water. Inorganic is not synonymous with synthetic as is some times erroneously suggested.
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(adj) - not made by plants, animals or humans
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not living or once living Interpret
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(adj) relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis(adj) lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
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Compound that is not formed from plant or animal remains (Lesson 27)
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chemicals not containing the element carbon
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Describes material that is of mineral origin. Specifically, describes chemical compounds that do not contain carbon and hydrogen.
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Substances that are not associated with natural growth or living organisms (such as rock and minerals).
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Material such as sand, salt, iron, calcium salts and other mineral materials. Inorganic substances are of mineral origin, whereas organic substances are usually of animal or plant origin.
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Materials not derived from biological sources.
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The designation of compounds that do not contain carbon.
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Composed of minerals rather than living material; without carbon.
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 – Matter that is inanimate and not derived from plant or animal origin.
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("in-or-gan-ik"): non-living material, like rock, minerals, salts, or water. Things that do not contain carbon.
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any compound composed of two or more chemical elements other than carbon intranet
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This term has several meanings, including: Chemicals which are not organic, that is, not manufactured within living organisms. Any chemical compound which is not based on carbon chains or rings (except oxides, sulphides of carbon and metallic carbides which are also inorganic).
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Used to describe material such as sand, salt, iron, calcium salts, and other mineral materials. Inorganic materials are chemical substances of mineral origin, whereas organic substances are usually of [..]
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Not organic; not coming from living things; mineral.
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substances in which carbon-to-carbon bonds are absent. Mineral matter.
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Substances that do not contain carbon, such as salt or metal
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Being composed of matter other than plant or animal, such as minerals.
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Not containing any organic substances.
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Composed of matter other than that derived from plants or animals, i.e., mineral. Not organic.
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Materials that were not created through living processes, such as minerals, chemically derived nutrients, and rock.
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not containing the carbons and hydrogens bound together like those found in organic compounds. Class of chemicals that typically exist as salts, acids and alkalines, as well as certain gases and elemental compounds. Carbon dioxide, although it contains a carbon atom, is considered inorganic because of its lack of hydrogens bound to the carbon atom.
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Inorganic is said of any substance in which two or more chemical elements other than carbon are combined. Every chemical is either inorganic or organic.
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materials that have never been alive.
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 substances not containing carbon-carbon bonds (cf organic). intangibles:
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Not belonging to the large class of carbon compounds which are termed organic.
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