Decomposition

Synonyms for "decomposition" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

decay ablation analysis atomization biodegradability biodegradation breakup caries carrion corrosion corruption crumbling

Noun(4 words)

big sleep breakdown celestial transfer chemical decomposition reaction

Strong matches (23)

Related words (38)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

chemical reaction decay organic phenomenon reaction vector algebra

Synonyms

1 entries

decay

Related terms

1 entries

decompose

derived

25 entries

Białynicki-Birula decomposition Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition Heegaard decomposition Hodge decomposition QR decomposition Schur decomposition autodecomposition branch-decomposition chemical decomposition decomposition potential decompositional double decomposition eigen decomposition eigendecomposition matrix decomposition nano-decomposition

Showing 16 of 25 words.

derived from

1 entries

composition

has context

2 entries

biology chemistry

is a

9 entries

chemical reaction decay degradation physical creation event physical destruction event separating spontaneous process transformation process vector algebra

related to

7 entries

analysis atom compost compound decompose matrix rotting

Translations

74 translations across 30 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

гниене noun (biological process)
разглобяване noun (act of taking something apart)
разлагане noun (biological process)
разлагане noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Catalan

1 entries

descomposició noun (biological process)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

分解作用 noun (biological process)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

分解作用 noun (biological process)

Danish

4 entries

forrådnelse noun (biological process)
nedbrydning noun (biological process)
opløsning noun (biological process)
opløsning noun (act of taking something apart)

Dutch

1 entries

decompositie noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Finnish

4 entries

erittely noun (act of taking something apart)
hajoaminen noun (biological process)
hajotelma noun (splitting into constituent parts)
hajottaminen noun (act of taking something apart)

French

3 entries

décomposition noun (biological process)
décomposition noun (splitting into constituent parts)
démontage noun (act of taking something apart)

Galician

1 entries

descomposición noun (biological process)

Georgian

3 entries

გახრწნა noun (biological process)
ლპობა noun (biological process)
ხრწნა noun (biological process)

German

4 entries

Abbau noun (biological process)
Verwesung noun (biological process)
Zerlegung noun (act of taking something apart)
Zerlegung noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Greek

3 entries

αποσύνθεση noun (biological process)
διάλυση noun (act of taking something apart)
διάσπαση noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

dekonpozisyon noun (biological process)
dekonpozisyon noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Hindi

1 entries

अपघटन noun (biological process)

Indonesian

3 entries

dekomposisi noun (biological process)
dekomposisi noun (act of taking something apart)
penguraian noun (biological process)

Italian

1 entries

decomposizione noun (biological process)

Japanese

3 entries

分解 noun (biological process)
分解 noun (act of taking something apart)
分解 noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Malay

2 entries

leraian noun (act of taking something apart)
pereputan noun (biological process)

Māori

1 entries

wāwāhinga noun (act of taking something apart)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

nedbryting noun (biological process)
nedbrytning noun (biological process)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

nedbryting noun (biological process)

Polish

3 entries

gnicie noun (biological process)
rozkład noun (biological process)
rozpad noun (biological process)

Portuguese

3 entries

decomposição noun (biological process)
decomposição noun (act of taking something apart)
decomposição noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Romanian

4 entries

demontare noun (act of taking something apart)
descompunere noun (biological process)
descompunere noun (act of taking something apart)
descompunere noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Russian

4 entries

гние́ние noun (biological process)
декомпози́ция noun (splitting into constituent parts)
разбие́ние noun (act of taking something apart)
разложе́ние noun (biological process)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

raspad noun (biological process)

Spanish

2 entries

descomposición noun (biological process)
descomposición noun (splitting into constituent parts)

Swedish

1 entries

nedbrytning noun (biological process)

Tagalog

1 entries

agnas noun (biological process)

Turkish

2 entries

ayrışma noun (biological process)
çürüme noun (biological process)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sami's body was in an advanced state of decomposition.

Source: tatoeba (6575655)

Look for signs of decomposition.

Source: tatoeba (10352295)

Tom's knowledge of decomposition ecology is peerless.

Source: tatoeba (10546728)

The smell of decomposition was intense.

Source: tatoeba (11849601)

Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.

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