Decomposition: alternatives and connections

To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

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The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of…

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To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring…

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To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring…

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The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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

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The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

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To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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of Rot

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