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Definition of Disintegration

1. Noun. In a decomposed state.

2. Noun. A loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system. "A disintegration of personality"

3. Noun. Separation into component parts.

4. Noun. The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation.

5. Noun. Total destruction. "Bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

Definition of Disintegration

1. n. The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

Definition of Disintegration

1. Noun. A process by which anything disintegrates. ¹

2. Noun. The condition of anything which has disintegrated. ¹

3. Noun. (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disintegration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Disintegration

1. The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. "Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally." (Motley) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disintegration

disinsection disinsectization disinsure disinsured disinsures disinsuring disintegrable disintegrant disintegrants disintegrate

disintegrated disintegrates disintegrating disintegrating link disintegrating links disintegration (current term) disintegration constant disintegration energy disintegrations disintegrative

disintegrator disintegrators disintegrin disintegrins disinter disintered disinteressment disinterest disinterested disinterestedly

Literary usage of Disintegration

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"It is obvious that, if the virus of rabies is an organism, disintegration of the material in which it is contained will, if sufficiently minute, ..."

2. College Physiography by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin (1914)
"So, too, do rocks, though the time required for their disintegration may be ... In old buildings the effects of disintegration of the building stone are ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The promotion of disintegration.—While the influence of organic action on the ... Plants promote both disintegration and disaggregation under certain ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The promotion of disintegration.—While the influence of organic action on the ... Plants promote both disintegration and disaggregation under certain ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"On the disintegration of Stones exposed in Buildings and otherwise to Atmospheric Influence. By Professor JAMES THOMSON, MA, GE The author having first ..."

6. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1915)
"disintegration of Concrete by Chemical Action.—At a number of places in Europe and America concrete as well as brick sewers have disintegrated, sometimes to ..."

7. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1833)
"Alluvium of disintegration. Very few rocks have the power of completely resisting the united influence of air, water, heat and cold. ..."

8. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1915)
"The disintegration Series.—Probably all of the thirty odd radioactive elements are decomposition products of one of the two parent elements, ..."

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