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decomposition - (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
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rot,
rotting,
putrefaction |
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decay the organic phenomenon of rotting
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biological science,
biology the science that studies living organisms
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decomposition - (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
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chemical reaction,
reaction (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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electrolysis removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root
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decomposition - in a decomposed state |
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disintegration |
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decay the organic phenomenon of rotting
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fragmentation the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
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decomposition - the analysis of a vector field |
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vector algebra the part of algebra that deals with the theory of vectors and vector spaces
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