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decomposition

[dee-kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌdi kɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /


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"However, maximum decomposition is not desirable in every ecosystem," says co-project leader Franz Bender, head of the agroecological assessments team at Agroscope.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

The vast majority were "uncovered and in varying states of decomposition" and the funeral home was "dirty and unkempt".

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

When asked whether he was able to recognize any facial features, Byers said: "No, there was a quite a bit of decomposition to where skin slippage...made it unrecognizable."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The process was efficient enough to prevent microplastics from forming during decomposition.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Cardan gives me a significant look as she explains decomposition, rot.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Their approach involves clever decompositions of the cube circumscribing the bicylinder. 

From Scientific American Jan. 6, 2018

Although this method is not seen very often in textbooks, we present it here as an alternative that may make some partial fraction decompositions easier.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

We obtain the same values for and using either method, so the decompositions are the same using either method.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

So it's not a moment; it's a process that actually begins when the heart stops and culminates in the complete loss of the body, the decompositions of all the cells.

From Time Magazine Archive

The passage implying, if I have caught the meaning aright, that one electricity can be obtained, and can be applied in effecting decompositions, independent of the other.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday




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