Over many millions of years, organic and inorganic materials formed continental shelves.
The various contaminations to which water is liable may all be arranged under two heads: they are either organic or inorganic.
It really would be a surprise if organic semiconductors were to behave in exactly the same way as inorganic ones.
Integrated organic and inorganic fertilization is needed to increase the yield of crops.
Put into this fluid certain inorganic substances from which all traces of organic matter have been removed.
We known how to make organic chemicals from inorganic.
Organic matter behaves so differently from inorganic, though subject to the same physical laws.
Piano has arranged for the organic and inorganic to play off each other in clever ways.
The falling-apart of anything, organic or inorganic, encourages explosions of new growth.
In general, sunscreens contain organic formulas and sunblocks contain inorganic formulas.
British Dictionary definitions for inorganic
inorganic
/ˌɪnɔːˈɡænɪk/
adjective
1.
not having the structure or characteristics of living organisms; not organic
2.
relating to or denoting chemical compounds that do not contain carbon Compare organic (sense 4)
3.
not having a system, structure, or ordered relation of parts; amorphous
4.
not resulting from or produced by growth; artificial
5.
(linguistics) denoting or relating to a sound or letter introduced into the pronunciation or spelling of a word at some point in its history
Derived Forms
inorganically, adverb
Word Origin and History for inorganic
adj.
1794, "without organized organic structure," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + organic. Sense of "not arriving by natural growth" recorded from 1862.
inorganic in Medicine
inorganic in·or·gan·ic (ĭn'ôr-gān'ĭk) n.
Not formed by or involving organic life or the products of organic life.
Not composed of organic matter.
Of or relating to compounds not containing carbon to hydrogen bonds
in'or·gan'i·cal·lyadv.
inorganic in Science
inorganic
(ĭn'ôr-gān'ĭk)
Not involving organisms or the products of their life processes.
Relating to chemical compounds that occur mainly outside of living or once living organisms, such as those in rocks, minerals, and ceramics. Most inorganic compounds lack carbon, such as salt (NaCl) and ammonia (NH3); a few, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), do contain it, but never attached to hydrogen atoms as in hydrocarbons. Inorganic molecules tend to have a relatively small number of atoms as compared with organic molecules.