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inorganic
adjective
not organic; specif.,
- designating or composed of matter that is not animal or vegetable; not having the organized structure of living things
- not like an organism in structure; without design, relation, and coordination of parts
- designating or of any chemical compound not classified as organic: most inorganic compounds do not contain carbon and are derived from mineral sources
- designating or of the branch of chemistry dealing with these compounds
Related Forms:
- inorganically adverb
See inorganic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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