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What does the term "inorganic" from this passage mean? A chlorinated compound Plants, animals and other living things Man-made Not involving living things or their products

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Simple.

In Normal Language:
not consisting of or deriving from living matter.

In CHEMISTRY language:
relating to or denoting compounds that are not organic (broadly, compounds not containing carbon).
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