Organic

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Organic may refer to:

• Organ (anatomy), of or relating to a bodily organ.
• Life or biology, of or relating to a living thing or organism or part thereof, especially biological tissue and biological processes.
• Organic (model), forms, methods and patterns found in living systems, often used as a metaphor for non-living things.
• Organicism, the biological doctrine which stresses the organization, rather than the composition, of organisms
• Organic disease, involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs.

Main disambiguation page: Biological material

Chemistry:

• Organic chemistry, chemistry involving organic compounds.
• Organic compound, a compound that contains carbon (although some carbon-containing compounds are excluded).
• Organic reaction, a chemical reaction between organic compounds

• Organic farming or Organic agriculture, agriculture that relies on ecosystem management rather than external agricultural inputs
• Organic certification, accreditation process for producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products
• Organic food, produced through organic methods, including fruit, vegetables, and meat
• Organic gardening, a form of gardening that uses substantial diversity in pest control to reduce the use of pesticides
• Organic movement, refers to the organizations and individuals involved worldwide in the promotion of sustainable agriculture and organic farming
• Organic products, one which is certified organic

Computing:

• Organic computing, computing systems with properties of self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and/or self-protection
• Organic search, search results through unpaid search engine listings, rather than through paid advertisements
• Organic semiconductor, an organic compound that exhibits similar properties to inorganic semiconductors
• Wetware computer (or organic computer), a computer built from living neurons and ganglions

• Organic growth, business expansion through increasing output and sales as opposed to mergers, acquisitions and take-overs
• Organic organisation, one which is flexible and has a flat structure

• Organic (military), a military unit predominantly of one type (armour, infantry, artillery, etc.) may incorporate subunits of a different type, to improve combined arms capability e.g. organic artillery, organic armour.

• Organic law, a fundamental law

See also

• Organism

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