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decomposition
decomposition is a 13-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
13 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.
- 2noun
The state of being reduced into original elements.
- 3noun
Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.
- 4noun
the analysis of a vector field
- 5noun
the organic phenomenon of rotting
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- 6noun
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
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- 7noun
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- 8noun
in a decomposed state
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