disintegration

English

Etymology

disintegrate +‎ -ion or dis- +‎ integration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disintegration (countable and uncountable, plural disintegrations)

1. A process by which anything disintegrates.
2. The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
3. (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Related terms

• disintegrative
• integration

Translations

a process by which anything disintegrates

• Azerbaijani: süqut, dağılma
• Catalan: desintegració (ca) f
• Czech: dezintegrace f
• French: désintégration (fr) f
• Polish: dezintegracja (pl) f
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• Portuguese: desintegração (pt) f
• Romanian: dezintegrare (ro) f
• Spanish: desintegración (es) f
• Tagalog: hiugnay

the condition of anything which has disintegrated

• Portuguese: desintegração (pt) f
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geology: a wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

• Tagalog: hiugnay
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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разлагане (bg) (razlagane), ^{(please verify)} разпадане (bg) (razpadane)
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Anagrams

• disorientating