disintegration
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disintegrate (dɪsˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to break or be broken into fragments or constituent parts; shatter |
| 2. | to lose or cause to lose cohesion or unity |
| 3. | (intr) to lose judgment or control; deteriorate |
| 4. | physics |
| a. to induce or undergo nuclear fission, as by bombardment with fast particles | |
| b. another word for decay | |
| dis'integrable | |
| —adj | |
| disinte'gration | |
| —n | |
| dis'integrative | |
| —adj | |
| dis'integrator | |
| —n | |
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Disintegration
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | disintegration |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See mechanical weathering |
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
disintegration dis·in·te·gra·tion (dĭs-ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən)
n.
The breaking up of the component parts of a substance, as in catabolism or decay.
The disorganization or disruption of mental processes in mental illness.
The natural or induced transformation of an atomic nucleus from a more massive to a less massive configuration by the emission of particles or radiation.
dis·in'te·grate' v.
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Example sentences
But neither are they being asked whether they want disintegration.
There are technical terms for this kind of disintegration.
But some scholars believe that a disintegration of anthropology may be accelerating today.
The weakening of the administration is another sort of disintegration.
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