English Explanatory Dictionary

disintegration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process by which anything disintegrates.
  2. The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
  3. The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
  4. The process of radioactive decay.
  5. The radioactive decay of a single atom.

Pronunciation

/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ [dɪsˌɪn.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-disintegration.wav

Word forms

disintegration disintegrations

Etymology

From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.

Related words

integration

Derived words

disintegrational disintegration energy disintegrative electrodisintegration kilodisintegration nondisintegration nuclear disintegration photodisintegration radioactive disintegration
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