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dissilition

/dɪsɪˈlɪʃən/

dissilition noun: the act of bursting, or breaking apart.

Noun

dissilition (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of bursting, or breaking apart.
    • the Dissilition of that Air was so great , that the small Viol seem'd to be full of Milk1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the...

Questions about dissilition

What does dissilition mean?
Dissilition means the act of bursting, or breaking apart.
What part of speech is dissilition?
Dissilition is a noun.
How do you pronounce dissilition?
Dissilition is pronounced /dɪsɪˈlɪʃən/.

Words near dissilition in the dictionary

  1. dissight
  2. dissights
  3. dissilience
  4. dissiliency
  5. dissilient
  6. dissilition
  7. dissimilar
  8. dissimilarities
  9. dissimilarity
  10. dissimilarly
  11. dissimilarness

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