(sociology) describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdepencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
1998: Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit. Beghahn Books, p 29.''Socially, the term “organic†unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
1945: U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces. LSU Press (1990). p 161.Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
Miltonthose organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously
2008, Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your BusinessAccording to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.
