abiologically
English
editEtymology
editFrom abiological + -ly or abiologic + -ally or a- + biologically.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kə.li/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ə.kə.li/, /ˌeɪ.baɪ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ə.kli/
Adverb
editabiologically (not comparable)
- (biology) In an abiological manner. [Late 19th century.][1]
- a natural mechanism for abiologically producing some of the needed structural components of life
Translations
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References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abiologically”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.