有ゆう機き

noun-modifying (irregular)

organic

Used before nouns, especially for organic farming or food, and in chemistry for carbon-based or organic substances. The usual opposite is 無機.

See also: 無機

• 有ゆう機き野や菜さいを選えらぶ人ひとが増ふえている。

  More people are choosing organic vegetables.

• この物ぶっ質しつは有ゆう機き溶よう媒ばいに溶とけやすい。

  This substance dissolves easily in organic solvents.

noun

organic chemistry

Abbreviation of 有機化学, mainly in school, university, or laboratory contexts where chemistry is already understood.

See also: 有機化学

• 有ゆう機きの試し験けん範はん囲いはアルケンの反はん応のうまでだ。

  The organic chemistry exam covers up through alkene reactions.

noun

organic compound

Abbreviation of 有機化合物. This is context-dependent chemistry shorthand rather than a general everyday noun.

See also: 有機化合物

• 化か学がくの文ぶん脈みゃくでは、「有ゆう機き」が有ゆう機き化か合ごう物ぶつの略りゃくとして使つかわれることがある。

  In a chemistry context, 有機 is sometimes used as an abbreviation for organic compound.