Organic

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Organic may refer to:

  • Organic, of or relating to an organism, a living entity
  • Organic, of or relating to an anatomical organ

Chemistry

  • Organic matter, matter that has come from a once-living organism, is capable of decay or is the product of decay, or is composed of organic compounds
  • Organic compound, a compound that contains carbon
    • Organic chemistry, chemistry involving organic compounds

Farming, certification and products

  • Organic farming, agriculture conducted according to certain standards, especially the use of stated methods of fertilization and pest control
  • Organic certification, accreditation process for producers of organically-farmed products
  • Organic horticulture, the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants by following the essential principles of organic agriculture
  • Organic products, "organics":
    • Organic food, food produced from organic farming methods and often certified organic according to organic farming standards
    • Organic clothing, clothing produced from organic fibers such as organic cotton
    • Organic wine
  • Organic movement, movement of organizations and individuals promoting organic farming and organic food

Computing

  • Wetware computer or organic computer, a computer built from living neurons and ganglions
  • 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 search engine, search engine which uses a combination of human operators and computer algorithms
  • Organic semiconductor, an organic compound that exhibits similar properties to inorganic semiconductors

Economics and business

  • Organic growth, business expansion through increasing output and sales as opposed to mergers, acquisitions and takeovers
  • Organic, Inc., original digital marketing & advertising agency
  • Organic organisation, one which is flexible and has a flat structure
  • Organic Records, formerly a sub-label of Pamplin Music, now owned by Crossroads Entertainment & Marketing

Law

Music

  • Organic (Arj Barker album), 2019
  • Organic (Freak Kitchen album), 2005
  • Organic (Joe Cocker album), 1996
  • Organic-Lee, a 2006 album by Lee Konitz and Gary Versace

Other uses

  • Organic (military), a military unit that is a permanent part of a larger unit and (usually) provides some specialized capability to that parent unit
  • Organic (model), forms, methods and patterns found in living systems, often used as a metaphor for non-living things
  • Organic disease, involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs
  • Organic process
  • Organic Realism, or process philosophy
  • Organic architecture

See also

  • Organic salt (disambiguation)
  • Organicism, the biological doctrine which stresses the organization, rather than the composition, of organisms
  • Organix (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Organic
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