"decomposition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decomposition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: decompositions [plural]
Etymology: de- + composition Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|composition}} de- + composition Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} decomposition (countable and uncountable, plural decompositions)
  1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (biological process): гниене (gniene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разлагане (razlagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), descomposició [feminine] (Catalan), 分解作用 (fan¹ gaai² zok³ jung⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 分解作用 (fēnjiě zuòyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), nedbrydning [common-gender] (Danish), forrådnelse [common-gender] (Danish), opløsning [common-gender] (Danish), hajoaminen (Finnish), décomposition [feminine] (French), descomposición [feminine] (Galician), ხრწნა (xrc̣na) (Georgian), გახრწნა (gaxrc̣na) (Georgian), ლპობა (lṗoba) (Georgian), Zersetzung [feminine] (German), Abbau [masculine] (German), Verwesung [feminine] (German), αποσύνθεση (aposýnthesi) [feminine] (Greek), dekonpozisyon (Haitian Creole), dekomposisi (Indonesian), penguraian (Indonesian), decomposizione [feminine] (Italian), 分解 (bunkai) (Japanese), pereputan (Malay), nedbrytning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nedbryting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nedbryting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rozpad [masculine] (Polish), rozkład [masculine] (Polish), gnicie [neuter] (Polish), decomposição [feminine] (Portuguese), descompunere [feminine] (Romanian), разложе́ние (razložénije) [neuter] (Russian), гние́ние (gnijénije) [neuter] (Russian), распа́д (raspád) [masculine] (Russian), raspad [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), descomposición [feminine] (Spanish), nedbrytning [common-gender] (Swedish), agnas (Tagalog), ayrışma (Turkish), çürüme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-decomposition-en-noun-6LgrUH72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 15 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 27 36 Disambiguation of 'biological process': 100 0 0
  2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of taking something apart): разглобяване (razglobjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), opløsning [common-gender] (Danish), hajottaminen (Finnish), erittely (Finnish), démontage [masculine] (French), Zerlegung [feminine] (German), διάλυση (diálysi) [feminine] (Greek), dekomposisi (Indonesian), 分解 (bunkai) (Japanese), leraian (Malay), wāwāhinga (Maori), decomposição [feminine] (Portuguese), demontare [feminine] (Romanian), descompunere [feminine] (Romanian), разложе́ние (razložénije) [neuter] (Russian), расчлене́ние (rasčlenénije) [neuter] (Russian), разбие́ние (razbijénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-decomposition-en-noun-3KllibJp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 15 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 27 36 Disambiguation of 'act of taking something apart': 2 96 3
  3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death Translations (splitting into constituent parts): разлагане (razlagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), opløsning [common-gender] (Danish), decompositie [feminine] (Dutch), hajotelma (Finnish), décomposition [feminine] (French), Zerlegung [feminine] (German), διάσπαση (diáspasi) [feminine] (Greek), dekonpozisyon (Haitian Creole), 分解 (bunkai) (Japanese), decomposição [feminine] (Portuguese), descompunere [feminine] (Romanian), dezasamblare [feminine] (Romanian), разложе́ние (razložénije) [neuter] (Russian), декомпози́ция (dekompozícija) [feminine] (Russian), descomposición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decomposition-en-noun-8jBC5Q-H Disambiguation of Death: 33 24 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 15 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 31 25 44 Disambiguation of 'splitting into constituent parts': 7 3 90
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разложе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dekompozícija",
      "sense": "splitting into constituent parts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "декомпози́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "splitting into constituent parts",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "descomposición"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "decomposition"
  ],
  "word": "decomposition"
}

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