abiotic

abiotic — ABIÓTIC, Ă, abiotici, ce, adj. Lipsit de viaţă, incompatibil cu viaţa. [pr.: bi o ] – Din fr. abiotique. Trimis de ana zecheru, 09.07.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  abiótic, ă adj. lipsit de viaţă. (< fr. abiotique) Trimis de tavi, 08.01.2003. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

abiotic — (adj.) without life, 1874, from A (Cf. a ) (3) + adjectice formed from Gk. bios life (see BIO (Cf. bio )) …   Etymology dictionary

abiotic — [ā΄bī ät′ik] adj. [ A 2 (sense 3) + BIOTIC] of nonliving substances or environmental factors …   English World dictionary

abiotic — /eɪbaɪˈɒtɪk/ (say aybuy otik) adjective of or relating to the non living components of an ecosystem: abiotic factors; an abiotic disorder …   Australian English dictionary

abiotic — adjective Date: circa 1893 not biotic ; abiological < the abiotic environment > • abiotically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

abiotic — 1. Incompatible with life. 2. Without life. * * * abi·ot·ic .ā (.)bi ät ik adj not biotic: ABIOLOGICAL <the abiotic environment> abi·ot·i·cal·ly i k(ə )le adv * * * abi·ot·ic (a″bi otґik) pertaining to or characterized by …   Medical dictionary

abiotic — referring to non living structures, substances, factors, environments, etc …   Dictionary of ichthyology

abiotic — adj. [Gr. a, without; bios, life] Pertaining to, or characterized by the absence of life …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

abiotic — abiotically, adv. /ay buy ot ik, ab ee /, adj. of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms. Also, abiotical. [A 6 + BIOTIC] * * * …   Universalium

abiotic — adjective a) Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life. b) Of inorganic matter …   Wiktionary

abiotic —   lit. not from living things. In physical geography, used to describe non living components of an environment such as rock or water …   Geography glossary