decomposition   (TTS Sound)

The noun decomposition has 5 senses

• decomposition, vector decomposition -- (the analysis of a vector field)


• decomposition, disintegration -- (in a decomposed state)


• decomposition, decomposition reaction, chemical decomposition reaction -- ((chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance)


• decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction -- ((biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action)


• decay, decomposition -- (the organic phenomenon of rotting)