ORGANIC

constitutional, constituent(a), constitutive, organic

(adjective) constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

organic

(adjective) involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; “an organic disease”

organic

(adjective) simple and healthful and close to nature; “an organic lifestyle”

organic

(adjective) relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; “hydrocarbons are organic compounds”

organic

(adjective) being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; “organic life”; “organic growth”; “organic remains found in rock”

organic

(adjective) of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; “organic eggs”; “organic vegetables”; “organic chicken”

organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser

(noun) a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

organic (comparative more organic, superlative most organic)

(biology) Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. [from 1778]

(physiology, medicine) Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.

(chemistry) Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.

(agriculture) Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body. [from 1942]

(sociology) Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies 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).

Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.

(Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.

Developing in a gradual or natural fashion.

Harmonious; coherent; structured.

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): inorganic

Noun

organic (plural organics)

(chemistry) An organic compound.

An organic food.

(science fiction) A living organism, as opposed to a robot or hologram.

Anagrams

• Goričan, agrocin

Source: Wiktionary

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Or*gan"ic, a. Etym: [L. organicus, Gr. organique.]

1. (Biol.)

Definition: 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.

2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.]

3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.] Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. Milton.

4. 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.

5. 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 Ant: inorganic.

Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry. Organic analysis (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis.

– Organic chemistry. See under Chemistry.

– Organic compounds. (Chem.) See Carbon compounds, under Carbon.

– Organic description of a curve (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. Brande & C.

– Organic disease (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to functional disease.

– Organic electricity. See under Electricity.

– Organic law or laws, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution.

– Organic stricture (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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