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Definition of Nonliving
1. Adjective. Not endowed with life. "Inanimate objects"
Attributes: Aliveness, Animateness, Liveness
Similar to: Nonconscious
Antonyms: Animate
Derivative terms: Inanimateness
Definition of Nonliving
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of non-living) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonliving
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonliving
Literary usage of Nonliving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"Assessing nonliving Contaminants of Concern Technological developments are leading
to increasingly sensitive and sophisticated instruments that may he ..."
2. Outlines of the Comparative Physiology and Morphology of Animals by Joseph LeConte (1899)
"The study of unorganized or nonliving Nature belongs to physics and chemistry;
... nonliving.—Besides the essential properties belonging to all matter, ..."
3. Learning about Animals by Jo Ellen Moore (2000)
"Using page 8, students draw a living and a nonliving thing to show they understand
... Living Or nonliving? • Reproduce the picture cards on pages 9 and 10. ..."
4. Living Things by Katy Z. Allen, Kathleen McKeehen (2002)
"Ask students what living and nonliving things make up this ecosystem. 7. ...
Invite students to explain how the nonliving factors of an ..."
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