decomposition
/diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
decomposition noun: a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
Noun
decomposition (countable and uncountable, plural decompositions)
- A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
- Before tearing up the property with machinery, the police conducted a screening at the site with specialised cadaver dogs. The dogs gave positive indications in specific areas of the property, indicating the scent of human decomposition.2026 July 27, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Disappearance of Kayla Berg and the Condemned House Where Her Trail Ended”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026
- The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […]2005, Gerard Chollet, Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Nonlinear Speech Modeling and Applications
- The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
decomposition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
decomposition in Hindi
- biological process
- अपघटन apaghṭan
- act of taking something apart
- विघटन vighṭan, विखंडन vikhaṇḍan
- splitting into constituent parts
- विघटन vighṭan, विखंडन vikhaṇḍan
decomposition in Tamil
- அழுகுதல், கட்டுப்பாடு நீக்கம், சிதைதல், பிரிக்கை, பிரித்தல், பிரிந்தழிதல்
decomposition in Marathi
- biological process
- विघटन vighṭan, अपघटन apaghṭan
decomposition in Urdu
- انحلال, سڑاند, تجزیہ
More languagesFewer languages
- decomposition in Bengali
- পচন
- decomposition in Telugu
- డీకంపోజిషన్
- decomposition in Malayalam
- ധാതുവിയോഗം, വിഘടനം, അഴുകുക, ദ്രവിക്കുക
- decomposition in Kannada
- ವಿಘಟನೆ, ಕೊಳೆತು ಹೋಗುವಿಕೆ
- decomposition in Nepali
- अपघटन
- decomposition in Tagalog
- agnas
- decomposition in Malay
- pereputan, leraian
- decomposition in Indonesian
- dekomposisi, penguraian
Forms of decomposition
| plural | decompositions |
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Origin of decomposition
From de- + composition.
Words formed from decomposition
- autodecomposition
- Białynicki-Birula decomposition
- branch-decomposition
- chemical decomposition
- Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition
- decompositional
- decomposition potential
- double decomposition
- eigen decomposition
- eigendecomposition
- Heegaard decomposition
- Hodge decomposition
- matrix decomposition
- nano-decomposition
- nanodecomposition
- nondecomposition
- open book decomposition
- photodecomposition
- predecomposition
- prime decomposition
- QR decomposition
- Schur decomposition
- singular value decomposition
- square root decomposition
- thermodecomposition
- tree decomposition
Phrases with decomposition
Questions about decomposition
- What does decomposition mean?
- Decomposition means a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
- What is decomposition in Hindi?
- Decomposition in Hindi is अपघटन (apaghṭan), विघटन (vighṭan), विखंडन (vikhaṇḍan). See Decomposition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is decomposition?
- Decomposition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce decomposition?
- Decomposition is pronounced /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of decomposition?
- The plural of decomposition is decompositions.
Words near decomposition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decomposition (page history and authors); decomposition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decomposition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decomposition (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decomposition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decomposition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decomposition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decomposition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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