Organic
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Definition
(noun.) a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter.
(adj.) involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; 'an organic disease' .
(adj.) simple and healthful and close to nature; 'an organic lifestyle' .
(adj.) relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; 'hydrocarbons are organic compounds' .
(adj.) being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; 'organic life'; 'organic growth'; 'organic remains found in rock' .
(adj.) of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; 'organic eggs'; 'organic vegetables'; 'organic chicken' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains. Cf. Inorganic.
(a.) Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.
(a.) Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
(a.) Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.
(a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with inorganic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Radical, fundamental, constitutional.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fundamental, constitutional, radical
ANT:Nonessential, circumstantial, contingent, provisional
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Examples
- A struggle for existence inevitably follows from the high rate at which all organic beings tend to increase. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Among the important and interesting achievements of chemistry in the Nineteenth Century is the _artificial production of organic compounds_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He moved about a great deal, his life seemed uncertain, without any definite rhythm, any organic meaning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Why are not all organic beings blended together in an inextricable chaos? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the interest s of his art the medical practitioner ransacked the resources of organic and inorganic nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The amount of organic change, as Pictet has remarked, is not the same in each successive so-called formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was pure organic disintegration and pure mechanical organisation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Joseph Dixon, in 1854, was the first to use organic matter and bichromate of potash upon stone to produce a photo-lithograph. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For the senses and muscles are used not as organic participants in having an instructive experience, but as external inlets and outlets of mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In 1828 Wohler produced urea from inorganic substances, which was the first example of the synthetic production of organic compounds, and it was for many years the only product so formed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With all organic beings, excepting perhaps some of the very lowest, sexual reproduction seems to be essentially similar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They are found in volcanic regions and are supposed to be due to the action of hot water, which carried off the organic material and deposited dissolved silica in its place. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Solutions of the compound may be applied to the preservation of all organic substances, either animal or vegetable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Social progress is an organic growth, not an experimental selection. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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