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disintegration definition

dis·in·te·gra·tion (dis in′tə grā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or process of disintegrating
  2. Nuclear Physics any change in a nucleus of an atom, whether spontaneous or induced, in which one or more particles, photons, etc. are emitted

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