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Definition of Decomposer
1. Noun. (ecology) Any organism that feeds off decomposing organic material, especially bacterium or fungi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decomposer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decomposer
Literary usage of Decomposer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"(F. —L. and Gk.) Г. decomposer (XVI c.) ; from ife-, prefix, and composer, to
compose. See Compose. decorum. ..."
2. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1839)
"The interior of the decomposer H, is supplied with the caloric conductors i, ...
These caloric conductors extend nearly the whole length of the decomposer, ..."
3. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1839)
"the retorta with the receiver and decomposer are each furnished with a slide
valve g, or other suitable means, for the purpose of insulating one retort from ..."
4. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner, Ferdinand Fischer (1904)
"If it is decomposed on the large scale, so that lye and acid mix, with exclusion
of air, before entering the decomposer, there is a twofold gain : the loss ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The temperature, both in the heating apparatus and in the decomposer, ... When the
gases leave the decomposer, they consist of a mixture of HC'l, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The temperature, both in the heating apparatus and in the decomposer, ... \Vhen
the gases leave the decomposer, they consist of a mixture of HC1, free Cl, ..."
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