[adjective] [not gradable] [specialized] - not being or consisting of living material, or (of chemical substances) containing no carbon or only small amounts of carbonRocks and metals are inorganic substances.Salt is an inorganic chemical, but sugar is an organic one.Compare organic.Inorganic chemistry is the scientific study of chemical substances which do not contain carbon.
INORGANIC
Meaning of INORGANIC in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012