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non-bioˈlogical, a.
[non- 3.]
Not belonging to biology or forming part of its subject matter; not occurring in, involving, or pertaining to living organisms.
1931J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? i. 32 There have been Boards of Pest Control which were not too anxious to find their occupation gone with the going of their particular pest. Leaving such non-biological or hyper-biological considerations on one side, there have been many pests which have so far baffled research. 1956Nature 21 Jan. 110/2 Photochemistry in higher plants and in non-biological systems. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xvi. 866 The existence of non-biological mechanisms of oxidation of ammonia. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics vi. 247 An understanding of much corollary evidence and supposition from nonbiological fields. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth ix. 125/1 All known extra-terrestrial environments and many geological environments are still non-biological.
Hence non-bioˈlogically adv.
1974Nature 6 Sept. 43/1 A rapid, routine, new tool for the differentiation of biologically and nonbiologically produced dicarboxylic acids. |