🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 0 COCA: 32028

abiotic

adjective

abi·​ot·​ic ˌā-(ˌ)bī-ˈä-tik How to pronounce abiotic (audio)
: not biotic : abiological
the abiotic environment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But subsequent studies showed the putative microfossils could have easily been produced by several other entirely abiotic routes. Natalie Elliot, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2021 Another was a sample from the Murchison meteorite, a bolide rich in organic (but abiotic) carbon compounds that fell to Earth in 1969. Natalie Elliot, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2021 Furthermore, the curved and bent filaments seem to rule out any abiotic look-alikes. Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2021 Importantly, however, these elemental proportions change in accordance with cell size, allowing for an additional check on any curiously consistent but possibly abiotic chemical ratios on another world. Natalie Elliot, Scientific American, 16 July 2021 The trouble is that many simple biosignatures can be produced both by living things and through abiotic geochemical processes. Natalie Elliot, Scientific American, 16 July 2021 Right here on our own planet, structures suggested to be of organismal origins are often later shown to have abiotic provenance. Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2021 Some of these abiotic pathways would not only produce an excess of oxygen, but would also render a planet totally lifeless. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2017 Wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye and oats are some of the grasses that can be self-pollinated but also utilize biotic and abiotic (wind) pollinators. Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + biotic

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of abiotic was in 1870

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime