"biological" meaning in English

See biological in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-biological.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-biological.wav
Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪkəl Etymology: From biology + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|biology|ical}} biology + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} biological (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to biology. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (of biology): biologjik (Albanian), بيولوجي (Arabic), أَحْيَائِي (Ah'ya'i) [masculine] (Arabic), կենսաբանական (kensabanakan) (Armenian), biolóxicu (Asturian), bioloji (Azerbaijani), біялагі́чны (bijalahíčny) (Belarusian), biològic (Catalan), 生物 (shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), biologik (Crimean Tatar), biologický (Czech), biologisk (Danish), biologisch (Dutch), biologische (Dutch), biologinen (Finnish), biologique (French), biolóxico (Galician), ბიოლოგიური (biologiuri) (Georgian), biologisch (German), βιολογικός (viologikós) (Greek), biológiai (Hungarian), biologis (Indonesian), bitheolaíoch (Irish), bitheolaíochta (Irish), biologico (Italian), 生物学の (seibutsugaku no) (alt: せいぶつがくの) (Japanese), биологиялық (biologiälyq) (Kazakh), 생물학의 (saengmulhag-ui) (Korean), biologicus (Latin), bioloģisks (Latvian), biologesch (Luxembourgish), биоло́шки (biolóški) (Macedonian), जैविक (jaivik) (Marathi), biologic (Occitan), biologiczny (Polish), biológico (Portuguese), biologic (Romanian), биологи́ческий (biologíčeskij) (Russian), biologický (Slovak), biológico (Spanish), haynayin (Tagalog), haynayanin (Tagalog), biyolojik (Turkish), dirim bilimsel (Turkish), біологі́чний (biolohíčnyj) (Ukrainian), biolegol (Welsh), ביאָלאָגיש (byologish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-biological-en-adj-xXK50t3Z Disambiguation of Biology: 53 23 0 24 0 Disambiguation of 'of biology': 56 18 0 26
  2. Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-biological-en-adj-ksCKFeat
  3. Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children. Tags: not-comparable Translations (consanguine): 親生 /亲生 (qīnshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), biologický (Czech), biologisch (Dutch), biologische (Dutch), biologinen (Finnish), biologique (French), leiblich (German), biologisch (German), biológiai (Hungarian), consanguineo (Italian), 実の (jitsu no) (alt: じつの) (Japanese), роден (roden) (Macedonian), крвен (krven) (Macedonian), биоло́шки (biolóški) (Macedonian), biologiczny (Polish), biológico (Portuguese), биологи́ческий (biologíčeskij) (Russian), кро́вный (króvnyj) (Russian), родно́й (rodnój) (Russian), biológico (Spanish), consanguíneo (Spanish), biyolojik (Turkish), ביאָלאָגיש (byologish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-biological-en-adj-l-Xrb-xO Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'consanguine': 0 7 74 19
  4. (nonstandard, proscribed, non-native speakers' English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals). Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable, proscribed
    Sense id: en-biological-en-adj-J0uJDkTn Categories (other): Non-native speakers' English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 29 13 39 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 0 24 11 52 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 18 8 45 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 16 11 54 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 26 4 54 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 21 10 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 2 21 12 49 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 22 10 50 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 14 7 66 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 0 19 9 57 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 18 10 59 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 20 9 52 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 0 17 10 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 18 11 58 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 19 11 55 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 20 7 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 0 20 7 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 0 20 7 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 3 21 9 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 22 8 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 3 21 9 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 21 9 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 25 12 50 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 23 20 44 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 20 7 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 3 20 11 53 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 16 6 67 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 20 11 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 20 11 53 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 0 19 9 58 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 3 21 9 54 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biologic

Noun

IPA: /ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-biological.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-biological.wav Forms: biologicals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪkəl Etymology: From biology + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|biology|ical}} biology + -ical Head templates: {{en-noun}} biological (plural biologicals)
  1. (rare) A biological product. Tags: rare Related terms: adoptive, birth mother
    Sense id: en-biological-en-noun-7t41O8Wy

Alternative forms

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    "en:Biology"
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      "word": "tick-tock biological clock"
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      "word": "topobiological"
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          "ref": "2023 April, Annabelle Dickson, “UK minister mulling law change to define sex as ‘biological’”, in Politico Europe:",
          "text": "Transgender rights advocates and many experts argue, however, that strict definitions of sex based on anatomy at birth can miss biological nuances.",
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          "ref": "2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2017-06-21, page 162:",
          "text": "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.",
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          "text": "Many who oppose transgender rights believe that gender is determined solely by biological sex. But, biological sex isn’t as straightforward as they likely think, and there is no one parameter that makes a person biologically male or female. In fact, many conditions make assigning a biological sex quite difficult.",
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          "ref": "2013, J. Hemmelskamp, K. Rennings, F. Leone, editors, Innovation-Oriented Environmental Regulation: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Analysis, page 49:",
          "text": "The market for cosmetics with natural ingredients in which the body shop is so successful is still a small one, as is the market for biological food products (1 per cent in the Netherlands).",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologjik"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "of biology",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "kensabanakan",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "կենսաբանական"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "of biology",
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      "word": "bioloji"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bijalahíčny",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "біялагі́чны"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biològic"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngwù",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "生物"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologik"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologický"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologisk"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologisch"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologische"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologinen"
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologique"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biolóxico"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "biologiuri",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "ბიოლოგიური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "viologikós",
      "sense": "of biology",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologis"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "bitheolaíoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "bitheolaíochta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "biologico"
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    {
      "alt": "せいぶつがくの",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seibutsugaku no",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "生物学の"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "биологиялық"
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      "word": "생물학의"
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "haynayin"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "of biology",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "byologish",
      "sense": "of biology",
      "word": "ביאָלאָגיש"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīnshēng",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "親生 /亲生"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologický"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologische"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "leiblich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biológiai"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "consanguineo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jitsu no",
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      "word": "実の"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "roden",
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krven",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "крвен"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "biolóški",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "биоло́шки"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biologiczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biológico"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "biologíčeskij",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "биологи́ческий"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "кро́вный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodnój",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "родно́й"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consanguine",
      "word": "biológico"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consanguine",
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      "sense": "consanguine",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "byologish",
      "sense": "consanguine",
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