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Decompose meaning in English

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Decompose

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Verb

1. break down, break up, decompose

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

2. decay, decompose, disintegrate

lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

Example Sentences:
'the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process'

3. decompose, molder, moulder, rot

break down

Example Sentences:
'The bodies decomposed in the heat'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Decompose

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verb
1. 
to break down (organic matter) or (of organic matter) to be broken down physically and chemically by bacterial or fungal action; rot
2. chemistry
to break down or cause to break down into simpler chemical compounds
3. 
to break up or separate into constituent parts
4. (transitive) mathematics
to express in terms of a number of independent simpler components, as a set as a canonical union of disjoint subsets, or a vector into orthogonal components

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Decompose

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌdecomˈposed or ˌdecomˈposing
1. 
to break up or separate into basic components or parts
2. 
to rot

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Decompose

see synonyms of decompose
v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es
v.tr.
1. To separate into components or basic elements.
2. To cause to rot.
v.intr.
1. To become broken down into components; disintegrate.
2. To decay; rot or putrefy. See Synonyms at decay.

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