dissociation
dissociation
Definition
dis·so·cia·tion (di sō′sē ā′s̸hən, -s̸hē-)
noun
- a dissociating or being dissociated; separation
- Chem. the breaking up of a compound into simpler components, as with heat or a solvent, frequently in a reversible manner so that the components may recombine
- Psychol.
- a split in the conscious process in which a group of mental activities breaks away from the main stream of consciousness and functions as a separate unit, as if belonging to another person
- the abnormal separation of related ideas, thoughts, or emotions
Etymology: L dissociatio
dis·so′·cia′·tive adjective
dissociation
Synonyms
dissociation
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sensibility: I speak of the associative poet whose associative sensibility stands against the dissociation of sensibility.
- molecule: Initial damage starts at the molecular level which can lead to dissociation of DNA molecules which in turn can lead to gene mutations.
- water: An easy explanation for it is the ultraviolet dissociation of water.
Converse of object
- involve: This in turn involves bond dissociation, gain of an electron by the halogen, and hydration of the halide ion.
- imply: In some cases, effective reorganization can decrease task difficulty, implying a dissociation between frontal activity and basic memory demand.
Adjective modifier
- collision-induced: For the removal of H atoms, the method of sustained off-resonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation ( SORI-CID ) in FT-ICR has been applied.
- partial: If the effect is only one way we may call it a partial dissociation.
- double: Consistent with the model, however, a sensitive psycholinguistic test, a lexical decision task, revealed a double dissociation between word groups.
- functional: The transfer effect in artificial grammar learning: A functional dissociation between two modes of classification.
- strong: Our results show a strong dissociation between two different tasks.
- such: They seem to take both too seriously to allow such dissociation, and they want to use each for the enrichment of the other.
Modifies a noun
- enthalpy: The term we are using here should more accurately be called the " lattice dissociation enthalpy " .
- equilibrium: Keywords: AIR, CONVERSION, FACTOR, UNIT, WATER Thermodynamic properties of air in dissociation equilibrium.
- curve: The red line on the graph represents the dissociation curve at a normal pH ( pH = 7.4 ).
- constant: Ionic equilibrium - acids, bases, dissociation constants, strength of acids, concept of pH.
- dynamics: Our results have provided unprecedented insights into the dissociation dynamics of these molecules.
- energy: In effect, it achieves its results by temporarily raising or lowering the bond dissociation energy.
Noun used with modifier
- oxygen: Gaseous exchange at the tissues, partial pressure of gases, oxygen dissociation.
- electron: We are using FT-ICR MS ( and specifically electron capture dissociation ) along with molecular modeling to probe their gas phase structures.
- bond: In effect, it achieves its results by temporarily raising or lowering the bond dissociation energy.
dissociation Quotes
In the seventeenth century a dissociation of sensibility set in from which we have never recovered; and this dissociation, as isnatural, was dueto the influence of the two most powerful poets of the century, Milton and Dryden.
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