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Definition of Decompositions
1. decomposition [n] - See also: decomposition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decompositions
Literary usage of Decompositions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"decompositions by Metallic Chloride». Chloride of zinc acts, ... decompositions by
Per oxida. Of all these compounds, the brown peroxide of lead is most ..."
2. Researches on the Action of the Blast-furnace by Carl Schinz (1870)
"IT has long been a known fact that high temperatures are the cause of certain
chemical decompositions; but it is only lately that it has been proved by ..."
3. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"(a) Bacterial decompositions.—All classes of foods may become decomposed by
bacteria of decay, and all foods so decomposed or undergoing such decomposition, ..."
4. The Nutrition of Man by Russell Henry Chittenden (1907)
"Oxygen not the cause of the decompositions. Oxidation not confined to any one place.
... Proteid katabolism a series of progressive chemical decompositions. ..."
5. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"Bacterial decompositions in the Intestines.—Bacteria of different kinds have been
found throughout the alimentary canal from the mouth to r the rectum. ..."
6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Law of double First, there is the great law of double saline decora- saline
decompositions, discovered by Ber- positions. thollet, and completed by M ..."
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