decomposition

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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. In mathematics, the splitting (of e.g. a matrix) into constituent parts

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• decompose

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