Definition of: inorganic

(in′ôr·gan′ik) adjective
1. Devoid of organized vital structure; not organic; not being animal or vegetable; inanimate.
2. Not the result of living or organic processes.
3. Of, pertaining to, or designating the branch of chemistry that treats of substances lacking carbon, but including the carbonates and cyanides.
4. Ling. Not belonging to the normal development of a word; extraneous, as the final t in against.
—in′or·gan′i·cal·ly adverb