Disintegration Definition

dĭs-ĭntĭ-grāshən
noun
The act or process of disintegrating.
Webster's New World
The state of being disintegrated.
American Heritage
Any change in a nucleus of an atom, whether spontaneous or induced, in which one or more particles, photons, etc. are emitted.
Webster's New World
The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
Wiktionary
(geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
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Noun

Singular:
disintegration
Plural:
disintegrations

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Disintegration Sentence Examples

  • In the disintegration of parties the Liberals suffered most.

  • After his death in 1054 the process of disintegration went on apace and the family feuds multiplied at an alarming rate.

  • The tendency of the evolution of intelligence is towards the disintegration of the stereotyped modes of response and the dissolution of instinct.

  • Of his philosophical doctrine proper, the most striking characteristic is Integration, as opposed to Disintegration, both in thought and in reality.

  • Always hostile to the principality, which Bohemund established in spite of his oath, they helped by their hostility to cause the loss of Edessa in 1144, and thus to hasten the disintegration of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

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NONION

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