organic compound en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Not only are organic compounds essential to living organisms, but the common belief until the 19th century was that only living organisms could produce them, whence the name. When it was shown in the early 1800s that they could also be produced in the laboratory, the old name was kept.
Meanings
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Any compound containing carbon atoms covalently bound to other atoms.
Meteorites contain a wide range of organic compounds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| organic compounds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Hyponyms
carbohydrate · alcohol · carboxylic acid · volatile organic compound
Relateds
List of organic_compounds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia · :Category:Organic compounds
Synonyms
Translations (29)
ru органи́ческое вещество́ (carbon containing covalent compound) · it composto organico (carbon containing covalent compound) · ru органи́ческое соедине́ние (carbon containing covalent compound) · tl haying balangkap (carbon containing covalent compound) · ja 有機化合物 (carbon containing covalent compound) · hu szerves vegyület (carbon containing covalent compound) · fr composé organique (carbon containing covalent compound) · yue 有機化合物 /有机化合物 (carbon containing covalent compound) · pt composto orgânico (carbon containing covalent compound) · de organische Verbindung (carbon containing covalent compound) · pl związek organiczny (carbon containing covalent compound) · sv organisk förening (carbon containing covalent compound) · cy cyfansoddyn organig (carbon containing covalent compound) · cs organická sloučenina (carbon containing covalent compound) · da organisk forbindelse (carbon containing covalent compound) · fi orgaaninen yhdiste (carbon containing covalent compound) · ms sebatian organik (carbon containing covalent compound) · gv co-vunstoo orgaanagh (carbon containing covalent compound) · mi matūwaro (carbon containing covalent compound) · ml കാർബണിക സംയുക്തം (carbon containing covalent compound) · el οργανική ένωση (carbon containing covalent compound) · cmn 有機化合物 /有机化合物 (carbon containing covalent compound) · nl organische verbinding (carbon containing covalent compound) · tr organik bileşik (carbon containing covalent compound) · gl composto orgánico (carbon containing covalent compound) · is lífrænt efnasamband (carbon containing covalent compound) · ga comhdhúil orgánach (carbon containing covalent compound) · es compuesto orgánico (carbon containing covalent compound) · ro compus organic (carbon containing covalent compound)