Organic
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English
Adjective
Organic (comparative more Organic, superlative most Organic)
- (biology) pertaining to, derived from, like, of the nature of, an organ of the body
- (chemistry) relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products
- of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
- (sociology) describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdepencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
- (military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
- 1998: Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. Beghahn Books, p 29.
- Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
- 1945: U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces. LSU Press (1990). p 161.
- Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
- 1998: Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. Beghahn Books, p 29.
- (Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
- 2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business
- According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.
- 2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business
Coordinate terms
- (chemistry): inorganic
Derived terms
- organic agriculture
- organic chemistry
- organic food
- organic forestry
- organic intellectual
- organicness
Related terms
Noun
Organic (plural Organics)Thesaurus
anatomic, animate, architectonic, architectural, atavistic, basic, biological, biotic, bodily, born, breathing, coeval, coherent, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, consistent, constitutional, constructional, coordinated, edificial, elementary, essential, formal, fundamental, genetic, hereditary, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, integral, integrated, living, methodical, morphological, native, native to, natural, natural to, orderly, organismal, organized, physical, physiological, primal, primary, structural, structured, substructural, superstructural, systematic, tectonic, temperamental, textural, visceral, vital, zoetic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænɪk
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