organic compound
compound derived from living material | ||||
Search Dictionary:
Organic compound definition was found in categories: Language, Idioms & Slang(1) Society & Culture(2) Science & Technology(1) Encyclopedia(1)
Organic compound Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
organic compound
Noun
1. any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
(hypernym) compound, chemical compound
(hyponym) aldehyde
Noun
1. any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
(hypernym) compound, chemical compound
(hyponym) aldehyde
Organic compound Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EPA Glossary of Climate Change Terms |
Organic compound
Molecule that contains atoms of the element carbon, usually combined with itself and with atoms of one or more other element such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, or fluorine. See inorganic compound.
Molecule that contains atoms of the element carbon, usually combined with itself and with atoms of one or more other element such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, or fluorine. See inorganic compound.
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
Organic Compound
any carbon-based substance, including some petroleum products, solvents, pesticides, and halomethanes. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are those which are readily vaporized; a number of these are known or probable carcinogens.
any carbon-based substance, including some petroleum products, solvents, pesticides, and halomethanes. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are those which are readily vaporized; a number of these are known or probable carcinogens.
Organic compound Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| General Chemistry Glossary |
organic (organic compound)
Compare with inorganic compound .Compounds that contain carbon chemically bound to hydrogen. They often contain other elements (particularly O, N, halogens, or S). Organic compounds were once thought to be produced only by living things. We now know that any organic compound can be synthesized in the laboratory (although this can be extremely difficult in practice!)
Organic chemistry is concerned with the compounds of carbon. Biochemistry is concerned with compounds of carbon that crawl. -Mike Adams
Compare with inorganic compound .Compounds that contain carbon chemically bound to hydrogen. They often contain other elements (particularly O, N, halogens, or S). Organic compounds were once thought to be produced only by living things. We now know that any organic compound can be synthesized in the laboratory (although this can be extremely difficult in practice!)
Organic chemistry is concerned with the compounds of carbon. Biochemistry is concerned with compounds of carbon that crawl. -Mike Adams
Organic compound Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon; for historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, carbon oxides and cyanides, as well as elemental carbon are considered inorganic.The study of organic compounds is termed organic chemistry, and since it is a vast collection of chemicals (over half of all known chemical compounds), systems have been devised to classify organic compounds. A few of the compound classes based on the functional groups they carry are as follows:
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |