"abiotic" meaning in English

See abiotic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/ [US] Audio: en-ca-abiotic.ogg
Etymology: First attested in 1874. From a- + biotic, the first element from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and the second from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós). Etymology templates: {{af|en|a-|biotic|id1=not}} a- + biotic, {{bor|en|grc|ἀ-}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), {{der|en|grc|βιωτικός||of life}} Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), {{suffix|grc|βίος|-ῐκός|nocat=yes|t1=life}} βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} abiotic (not comparable)
  1. Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: nonbiological, nonbiologic Translations (Nonliving): abiòtic (Catalan), abiotický (Czech), abiotisch (Dutch), levenloos (Dutch), abioottinen (Finnish), abiotique (French), abiotisch (German), αβιοτικός (aviotikós) (Greek), abiotikus (Hungarian), aibitheach (Irish), അജൈവം (ajaivaṁ) (Malayalam), अजैविक (ajaivik) (Marathi), ahuropikore (Māori), abiotisk (Norwegian Bokmål), abiotyczny (Polish), abiótico (Portuguese), abiotic (Romanian), abiótico (Spanish) Translations (Of inorganic matter): لَا حَيَاتِيّ (lā ḥayātiyy) (Arabic), ongeschikt voor leven (Dutch), abiotisk (Norwegian Bokmål), abiotyczny (Polish), abiótico (Portuguese)
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  2. Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abiotically Related terms: abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenic, abiosis, antibiosis, antibiotic, gnotobiotic, xenobiotic

Noun

IPA: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/ [US] Audio: en-ca-abiotic.ogg Forms: abiotics [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1874. From a- + biotic, the first element from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and the second from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós). Etymology templates: {{af|en|a-|biotic|id1=not}} a- + biotic, {{bor|en|grc|ἀ-}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-), {{der|en|grc|βιωτικός||of life}} Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), {{suffix|grc|βίος|-ῐκός|nocat=yes|t1=life}} βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} abiotic (plural abiotics)
  1. Any such material
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