inorganic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=or=gan=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

inorganic, a. [Pref. in- not + organic: cf. F. inorganique.].

•  Not organic; without the organs necessary for life; devoid of an organized structure; unorganized; lifeness; inanimate.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to compounds that are not derivatives of hydrocarbons; not organic{5}.  [PJC]

  " The term inorganic is used to denote any one the large series of substances (as minerals, metals, etc.), which are not directly connected with vital processes, either in origin or nature, and which are broadly and relatively contrasted with organic substances. See Organic{5}."  [1913 Webster]

Inorganic Chemistry. See under Chemistry.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inorganic, adj.
1 Chem. (of a compound) not organic, usu. of mineral origin (opp. ORGANIC).
2 without organized physical structure.
3 not arising by natural growth; extraneous.
4 Philol. not explainable by normal etymology.

Idiom

inorganic chemistry the chemistry of inorganic compounds.

Derivative

inorganically adv.

ROGET THESAURUS

inorganic

Inorganization

N inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.