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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," he added.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Authorities have been at the Arroyo Grande home of Susan Flores in San Luis Obispo County this week, scanning the ground for any signs of human decomposition.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

The simplest of these is methane, or marsh gas, formed in nature by the bacterial decomposition of organic matter under water.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Scientific American Jan. 6, 2018

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

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

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

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

Here we shall only discuss the structure of these compounds in the light of the modern benzene theories; reference should be made 58 to the articles Naphthalene, Anthracene and Phenanthrene for syntheses, decompositions, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various




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