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Definition of Biotic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to living organisms.

Definition of Biotic

1. a. Relating to life; as, the biotic principle.

Definition of Biotic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biotic

1. pertaining to life [adj] - See also: life

Medical Definition of Biotic

1. Having to do with living things. Something that is caused by, or produced by living things. Having to do with the biological aspects of an environment (as opposed to geological, etc. Aspects). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biotic

Literary usage of Biotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"THE biotic COMMUNITIES OF NORTH AMERICA MAP The 1:10000000 color map (Reichenbacher and Brown 1994) depicts the continent's major upland biotic communities ..."

2. Human Engineering: A Study of the Management of Human Forces in Industry by Eugene Wera (1921)
"Hence the term "biotic logic" designates the process of organic life ... biotic logic governs all phenomena of organic life, such as the creation and ..."

3. The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution: A Study of Bioenergics by John Muirhead MacFarlane (1918)
"... CHAPTER V THE biotic STATE OF ENERGY If the attempt be now made to determine further as to the possible existence and action of a biotic energy, ..."

4. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"biotic FACTORS 128. Influence and importance. biotic factors are animals and plants. With respect to influence they are usually remote, rarely direct. ..."

5. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"CRITERIA FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN biotic AND Abiotic COMPOUNDS The chemistry of carbon leads to extraordinary variations in the structures of organic ..."

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