decomposition

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/

Noun

decomposition (plural decompositions)

1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts

Related terms

• decompose

Translations

biological process

• Bulgarian: гниене (bg) (gniene) n, разлагане (bg) (razlagane) n
• Catalan: descomposició (ca) f
• Finnish: hajoaminen (fi)
• French: décomposition (fr) f
• German: Zersetzung (de) f, Abbau (de) m
• Greek: αποσύνθεση (el) (aposýnthesi) f

• Haitian Creole: dekonpozisyon
• Italian: decomposizione (it) f
• Norwegian: nedbrytning (no) m and f
• Portuguese: decomposição (pt) f
• Romanian: descompunere (ro) f
• Spanish: descomposición (es) f

act of taking something apart

• Bulgarian: разглобяване (bg) (razglobjavane) n
• Finnish: hajottaminen, erittely
• French: démontage (fr) m
• German: Zerlegung (de) f

• Greek: διάλυση (el) (diálysi) f
• Portuguese: decomposição (pt) f
• Romanian: demontare (ro) f, descompunere (ro) f

splitting into constituent parts

• Bulgarian: разлагане (bg) (razlagane) n
• Dutch: decompositie (nl) f
• Finnish: hajotelma
• French: décomposition (fr) f
• German: Zerlegung (de) f

• Greek: διάσπαση (el) (diáspasi) f
• Haitian Creole: dekonpozisyon
• Portuguese: decomposição (pt) f
• Romanian: descompunere (ro) f