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Disintegration

//dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A process by which anything disintegrates. countable, uncountable

    "A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, at an altitude of about 800 feet above the ground. Disintegration of the turbine disk was followed by a fire in the No. 4 engine area and an explosion in the outboard reserve fuel tank. The No. 4 engine and approximately 25 feet of the right outer wing separated from the aircraft."

  2. 2
    total destruction wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of anything which has disintegrated. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation wordnet
  5. 5
    The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    separation into component parts wordnet
  2. 7
    The process of radioactive decay. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    in a decomposed state wordnet
  4. 9
    The process of radioactive decay.; The radioactive decay of a single atom. countable, uncountable

    "The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second."

  5. 10
    a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system wordnet

Etymology

From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.

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