Definition of Decompositional

1. Adjective. Causing organic decay.

Similar to: Disintegrative
Derivative terms: Decomposition

Definition of Decompositional

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to decomposition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decompositional

decomplexity
decomposability
decomposable
decompose
decomposed
decomposer
decomposers
decomposes
decomposing
decomposite
decomposites
decomposition
decomposition of movement
decomposition potential
decomposition reaction
decompositional (current term)
decompositions
decompound
decompound leaf
decompoundable
decompounds
decompress
decompressed
decompresses
decompressing
decompression
decompression bomb
decompression bombs
decompression chamber
decompression disease

Literary usage of Decompositional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"There is also the possibility of interfering peaks from the decompositional rearrangement of some terpenes from prolonged storage on charcoal or in carbon ..."

2. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2001)
"Thus, a decompositional approach where the problem is broken up into subproblems that can be solved independently is very attractive. ..."

3. Practical Uranalysis and Urinary Diagnosis: A Manual for the Use of by Charles Wesley Purdy (1901)
"But the latter substance is a glucoside, and only resembles the former in the fact that one of its decompositional products is indigo blue. ..."

4. City Milk Supply by Horatio Newton Parker (1917)
"They find the alkaline condition favorable for growth and assail the casein with avidity, accomplishing the ultimate decompositional changes. ..."

5. Handbook of Pharmacy by Virgil Coblentz (1895)
"They are classed as primary, when the urine from which they are deposited has undergone no decompositional changes; secondary, when they are the result of ..."

6. Proceedings by Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Ohio (1904)
"The calculus may be (1) Primary:—developing from urine which has undergone no decompositional change, and is the result of some defect of, or addition to ..."

7. Ecology & Management of the Commerically Harvested American Matsutake Mushroom by David Hosford, David Pilz, Randy Molina, Michael Amaranthus (1997)
"Likewise, many mycorrhizal fungi have some saprobic (decompositional) abilities, and often these abilities are enhanced by surplus carbohydrates the fungus ..."

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