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n. The act or result of decomposing; disintegration.

n. Chemistry Separation into constituents by chemical reaction.

n. Biology Breakdown or decay of organic materials.

n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost

n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis

n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts

n. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration

n. The state of being reduced into original elements.

n. Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.

n. The act or process of separating the constituent elements of a compound body or substance; analysis; resolution; specifically, the process of reducing an organic body to a state of decay or putrefaction.

n. The state of being decomposed or resolved; release from previous combinations; disintegration; specifically, decay of an organic body.

n. [With ref. to decomposite, q. v.] The act of compounding together things which are themselves compound; a combination of compounds.

n. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

n. in a decomposed state

n. the organic phenomenon of rotting

n. (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

n. the analysis of a vector field

"_inseparable in such bodies as these_, namely, the passing of a current, and decomposition; and this is as true of the cells in the battery as of the water cell; for no voltaic battery has as yet been constructed in which the chemical action is only that of combination: _decomposition is always included_, and is, I believe, an essential chemical part."

decay    organic phenomenon    vector algebra   

decomposition of light    chemical decomposition    decomposition of forces   

decompose   

analysis    disintegration   

Deposition    Inquisition    Prohibition    Titian    abolition   

combustion    oxidation    disintegration    fermentation    breakdown