Abiotic

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000123

1. Non-living.

2. Characterized by absence of life; abiotic materials include non-living environmental media (e.g., water, soils, sediments); abiotic characteristics include such factors as light, temperature, pH, humidity, and other physical and chemical influences.

3. Nonliving. Compare biotic.

4. Nonliving characteristic of the environment; the physical and chemical components that relate to the state of ecological resources.

5. Not biotic; not formed by biologic processes.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-000123
Field	Environment
Subject	Land, waste and cleanup
References	Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary; Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks

Record as JSON

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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000123",
  "term": "Abiotic",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Non-living.\n\n2. Characterized by absence of life; abiotic materials include non-living environmental media (e.g., water, soils, sediments); abiotic characteristics include such factors as light, temperature, pH, humidity, and other physical and chemical influences.\n\n3. Nonliving. Compare biotic.\n\n4. Nonliving characteristic of the environment; the physical and chemical components that relate to the state of ecological resources.\n\n5. Not biotic; not formed by biologic processes.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/abiotic/"
}

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