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Definition of Inorganic compound
1. Noun. Any compound that does not contain carbon.
Definition of Inorganic compound
1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound not containing carbon atoms. ¹
2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound containing carbon atoms ionically bound to other atoms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Inorganic compound
1. A compound in which the atoms or radicals consist of elements other than carbon and are typically held together by electrostatic forces rather than by covalent bonds; often are capable of dissociation into ions in polar solvents (e.g., H2O). Compare: organic compound. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inorganic Compound
Literary usage of Inorganic compound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"We have admitted (Inorganic Chemistry) as probable the existence of inorganic
compound radicals, such as SOs, the radical of sulphuric acid, and NOs, ..."
2. An Elementary Course of Practical Organic Chemistry by Frederic Charles Garrett, Arthur Harden (1897)
"B. If a residue is left, or if ammonia or mercury be found, the substance is
either a salt or a compound of an alcohol with an inorganic compound. 2. ..."
3. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry, Descriptive, Theoretical, and Practical by Alfred Allen Bennett (1892)
"Thus by the use of a few simple rules the valence of the elements of any inorganic
compound can be easily determined. These rules, which are due to ..."
4. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1867)
"No vital agents elicit actions, or a single phenomenon of life, when applied to
an inorganic compound, not even from an organic being just dead from instant ..."
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