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parasitic

adj, noun — 5 senses

parasitic

adj

UK /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/ · CA, US /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/

Etymology From parasite + -ic.

1

Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.

2

Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.

3

Exploiting another for personal gain.

  • While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics.2010 October 26, Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →OL:
4

Law Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.

Derived terms
47 termsalloparasitic, antiparasitic, autoparasitic, biparasitic, brood-parasitic, chemicoparasitic, circumparasitic, ectoparasitic, endoparasitic, entomoparasitic, epiparasitic, extraparasitic, haemoparasitic, hemiparasitic, hemoparasitic, holoparasitic, hyperparasitic, imparasitic, intraparasitic, kleptoparasitic, macroparasitic, mesoparasitic, microparasitic, monoparasitic, multiparasitic, mycoparasitic, neuroparasitic, nonparasitic, parasitical, parasitically, parasiticalness, parasitic drag, parasitic element, parasitic gap, periparasitic, phytoparasitic, polyparasitic, postparasitic, preparasitic, self-parasitic, semiparasitic, superparasitic, uniparasitic, unparasitic, xenoparasitic, zoöparasitic, zooparasitic

parasitic

noun

Etymology From parasite + -ic.

1

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.

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