decomposition
IPA: dikʌmpoʊzˈɪʃʌn
noun
- A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
- The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
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Examples of "decomposition" in Sentences
- The decomposition is equivalent to the substance.
- The decomposition is dependent on the flow of water.
- This caused the decomposition of the crop of soybean.
- This is indicative of the decomposition of the creature.
- The QR decomposition allows us to decompose the matrix X into.
- The spectral decomposition is a special case of the Schur decomposition.
- In most environments, it is the final step in the decomposition of biomass.
- The width of a cycle decomposition is the number of variables in the cutset.
- It is a decomposition product of halon compounds used in fire extinguishers.
- That is according to the standard decomposition of the regular representation.
- These changes are largely of a nature that the chemist knows as decomposition changes.
- Such products are in general called decomposition products, or sometimes cleavage products.
- Protein decomposition, which is apt to cause heavy financial losses, ceases almost altogether.
- _decomposition_ as a mere co-relative, _i. e._ as decomposition relatively to the body decomposed, but composition _actually_ and in respect of the substances, _into_ which it was decomposed.
- UPDATE, 10/13: To help readers chart the Happy Meal's non-decomposition from a bird's-eye view, here are Davies '27 photos (ordered chronologically from left to right) in' contact sheet 'form:
- Yes, local CNN affiliate WKMG says the DNA results show it appears to be Caylee ` s hair in the car trunk, and that station also reporting the hair showed signs of decomposition, which is certainly ominous.
- The spoiling of eggs is due to decomposition, which is caused by molds or bacteria that result from accidental causes, and, in fertile eggs, to the germination and development of the chick, which is a natural process.
- Even supposing that the common elements, too, may be suffering disintegration over a period of countless eons, this decomposition is so exceedingly slow that in all the ordinary concerns of humanity these common elements may be considered as permanent.
- _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.