Organic+structure
51organic — [[t]ɔː(r)gæ̱nɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Organic methods of farming and gardening use only natural animal and plant products to help the plants or animals grow and be healthy, rather than using chemicals. Organic farming is expanding everywhere …
52Organic organisation — A term created by Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker in the late 1950s, organic organizations, unlike mechanistic organizations (also coined by Burns and Stalker), are flexible and value external knowledge. Also called organismic organization, this form… …
53Organic (military) — In military terminology, organic refers to a military unit that is a permanent part of a larger unit and (usually) provides some specialized capability to that parent unit. For instance, the US Marine Corps incorporates its own aviation units… …
54Organic brain syndrome — Psychiatric or neurological symptoms arising from damage to or disease in the brain. Also called organic mental disorder. See also neurobiological disorder. * * * organic brain syndrome n any acute or chronic mental dysfunction (as delirium or… …
55organic — or•gan•ic [[t]ɔrˈgæn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) chem. noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon Compare… …
56Columnar structure — Structure Struc ture, n. [L. structura, from struere, structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E. strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy}, {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.] 1. The act of building; the practice of erecting… …
57structure — /struk cheuhr/, n., v., structured, structuring. n. 1. mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure. 2. something built or constructed, as a building, bridge, or dam. 3. a …
58organic — /ɔˈgænɪk / (say aw ganik) adjective 1. Chemistry denoting or relating to a class of compounds which formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from living organisms (animal or plant), but which now includes these and all other compounds …
59Organic chemistry — Chemistry Chem is*try (k[e^]m [i^]s*tr[y^]; 277), n. [From {Chemist}. See {Alchemy}.] 1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution …
60organic — adjective 1》 relating to or derived from living matter. ↘Chemistry relating to or denoting compounds containing carbon and chiefly or ultimately of biological origin. Compare with inorganic. 2》 Physiology relating to a bodily organ or organs …
