decomposition

/diหหŒkษ’mpษ™หˆzษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /D IY0 K AH0 M P OW0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

  2. 2

    The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

  3. 3

    The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts.

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