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Meanings of decomposition in English

Russian
разложение
Portuguese
decomposição
Catalan
descomposició
Spanish
descomposicion
Wikidata

(Biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.

разложение
Catalan
descomposició

In a decomposed state.

descomposició
Synonyms
Examples for "rot"
Examples for "rot"
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In one place flowers rot and die; in another, bloom and live.
A Tramp's Sketches
2
Spray 5 is the most important in reducing the amount of rot.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
3
The leaves rot on the ground; the trees also, age after age.
Talks on Manures / A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Betw...
4
They do not lie and rot in the sun and the mists.
Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
5
They will rot in prison; that is all that they will do.
The Waters of Edera
1
Within fifteen miles of the enemy and idly rotting in the mud.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
2
Ships lay rotting at the quays; brambles grow in the commercial streets.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
3
The United Nations has warned the food is at risk of rotting.
Reuters
4
We made our way past the rotting buffalo hides into the house.
White Hunter, Black Heart
5
They decay to a certain point, and then they just stop rotting.
Rot & ruin
1
Alkaloids of putrefaction are constantly produced in every animal and human body.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
2
This indeed is apparent to the senses in animals generated from putrefaction.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
3
He went on, beginning to be conscious of the odor of putrefaction.
Man on a leash
4
They exhibited most of all the corruption and putrefaction of German affairs.
Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
5
Liquid putrefaction in the airways. Larabee sounded as frustrated as I felt.
Bare Bones
Portuguese
decomposição
Catalan
descomposició
Spanish
podredumbre

The organic phenomenon of rotting.

decomposição
Russian
подсистема

Breaking a complex problem or system into parts that are easier to conceive, understand, program, and maintain.

подсистема
Usage of decomposition in English
1
However, given the degree of decomposition, police would rely on family photos.
The Guardian
2
In the decomposition of the animal tissues, bacteria alone are the agents.
The Story of Germ Life
3
However, the PDS decomposition did not produce radicals or reactive oxygen species.
Pubmed
4
According to SAPS, her lifeless body had already begun the decomposition process.
The South African
5
Before long I got another whiff of decomposition coming from somewhere ahead.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
6
Life is the expression of composition; and death, the expression of decomposition.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
7
The state of decomposition suggests they were stored in a warm place.
Under the dome: a novel
8
It must parallel the physical decomposition of the body, wherever it is.
Grand junction
9
So the purpose of that effort would have been to prevent decomposition?
First degree
10
Such products are in general called decomposition products, or sometimes cleavage products.
The Story of Germ Life
11
There were no significant adverse effects on microbial decomposition of leaf material.
Pubmed
12
To a considerable extent he had been successful, though some decomposition occurred.
Dark rivers of the heart
13
They crystallize in plates, and for the most part distil without decomposition.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
14
Heritability estimates were derived from variance decomposition models using maximum likelihood estimation.
Pubmed
15
I have access to the catalyst that will ignite the final decomposition.
Discord's apple
16
Particularly its speedy decomposition into materials that mimic the body's own byproducts.
Fire With Fire