decomposition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

   The dead animal was in an advanced state of decomposition by the time we found it.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

   Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […]

3. 3
   noun

   the analysis of a vector field

4. 4
   noun

   the organic phenomenon of rotting

5. 5
   noun

   (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

6. 6
   noun

   in a decomposed state

7. 7
   noun

   A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

8. 8
   noun

   The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.

Etymology

From de- + composition.