Organic: Encyclopedia - Organic

Organic

Organic may refer to:

• Organ (biology): of or relating to an organ.
• Living or biological: of or relating to a living thing or organism or part thereof.
• Organic material or Organic matter, which is derived from living things.
• Bio-based material, processed organic materials, used in products.
• Organic (model), forms, methods and patterns found in living systems, often used as a metaphor for non-living things.
• Organicism, the biological doctrine which stresses the organization, rather than the composition, of organisms.

Organic - Chemistry

• Organic chemistry, chemistry involving organic compounds.
• Organic compound, a compound that contains carbon (although some carbon-containing compounds are excluded).
• Organic reaction, a chemical reaction between organic compounds.

Organic - Farming certification and products

• Organic farming or Organic agriculture, agriculture that relies on ecosystem management rather than external agricultural inputs.
• Organic certification, accreditation process for producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products.
• Organic food, produced through organic methods, including fruit, vegetables, and meat.
• Organic gardening
• Organic movement
• Organic products

See also: List of organic gardening and farming topics

Organic - Computing

• Organic computing, computing systems with properties of self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and/or self-protection.
• Organic search, search results through unpaid search engine listings, rather than through paid advertisements.
• Organic semiconductor, an organic compound that exhibits similar properties to inorganic semiconductors.

Organic - Economics

• Organic growth, business expansion through increasing output and sales as opposed to mergers, acquisitions and take-overs.

Organic - Military

• Organic (military), a military unit predominantly of one type (armour, infantry, artillery, etc.) may incorporate subunits of a different type, to improve combined arms capability; such subunits are referred to as organic. e.g. organic artillery, organic armour.

See also

• Organism

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