disintegration
UK/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən//dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
disintegration noun: a process by which anything disintegrates.
Noun
disintegration (countable and uncountable, plural disintegrations)
- A process by which anything disintegrates.
- A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco...1966 September 28, Civil Aeronautics Board, “Synposis^([sic])”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, San Francisco, California, June 28, 1965, retrieved...
- The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
- The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
- The process of radioactive decay.
- The radioactive decay of a single atom.
- The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.
- The radioactive decay of a single atom.
disintegration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
disintegration in Hindi
- a process by which anything disintegrates
- विघटन vighṭan
disintegration in Tamil
- அக்கறையற்ற, கூட்டழிவு, சிதைவு, பற்றற்ற, பிரிந்தழிதல், ஆக்கக் கூறுகளாகப் பிரித்தல்
disintegration in Urdu
- انتزاع
disintegration in Bengali
- বিখণ্ডন
More languagesFewer languages
- disintegration in Malayalam
- വിഘടിപ്പിക്കൽ
- disintegration in Gujarati
- વિઘટન
- disintegration in Odia
- ବିଘଟନ, ବିଖଣ୍ଡନ
- disintegration in Tagalog
- hiugnay
Examples of disintegration in a sentence
- Disintegration of bungaroosh: Failure associated with lack of cohesion or excess moisture.
- According to Keegan, the disintegration of the Iraqi army should not diminish the American success.
- How much is cryptamnesia-confabulation, how much frontal-lobe indifference-equalisation, how much some strange schizophrenic disintegration and shattering-flattening?
Forms of disintegration
| plural | disintegrations |
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Origin of disintegration
From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.
Words formed from disintegration
Phrases with disintegration
Words that rhyme with disintegration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about disintegration
- What does disintegration mean?
- Disintegration means a process by which anything disintegrates.
- What is disintegration in Hindi?
- Disintegration in Hindi is विघटन (vighṭan). See Disintegration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disintegration?
- Disintegration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce disintegration?
- Disintegration is pronounced /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disintegration?
- The plural of disintegration is disintegrations.
Words near disintegration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disintegration (page history and authors); disintegration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disintegration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disintegration (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disintegration (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disintegration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disintegration (Odia, 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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