inorganic
pronunciation
How to pronounce inorganic in British English:
UK [ˌɪnɔ:ˈgænɪk]
How to pronounce inorganic in American English:
US [ˌɪnɔrˈgænɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis
- lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
Word Origin
- inorganic (adj.)
- 1794, "without organized organic structure," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + organic. Sense of "not arriving by natural growth" recorded from 1862.
Example
- 1. Inorganic fertiliser just replaced natural nutrients , and more efficiently than manure .
- 2. Marine vertebrates play a much smaller role in the movement and storage of inorganic and organic carbon in the ocean ecosystem .
- 3. Chinese companies have five potash projects in laos , one of which is in production , the china inorganic salt industry association said this week .
- 4. Or , purely inorganic reactions between water and rock rich in the mineral olivine could do it , as found in hot springs near the mid-atlantic ridge .
- 5. His ideal is the method of physics in treating observed movements of unmotivated , inorganic matter .