decomposition
de·com·po·sition
noun
2.
in a decomposed state
3.
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
4.
the organic phenomenon of rotting
Origin
From de- + composition.
Phrases
- Białynicki-Birula decomposition
- chemical decomposition
- Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition
- decomposition potential
- double decomposition
- eigen decomposition
- Heegaard decomposition
- Hodge decomposition
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