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Vinony

decomposition

noun

  1. breaking down of living matter
  2. (cause to) break down, decay
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English composition English decomposition From de- + composition.

  1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
  2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

    “Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […]”

  3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.