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decomposition

noun
/diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From de- + composition.

  1. derived from compositiō
  2. derived from composicion
  3. inherited from composicioun
  4. prefixed as decomposition — “de + composition”

Definitions

  1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

  2. 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, […]

  3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.

The neighborhood

Derived

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, tree decomposition

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decomposition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at decomposition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at decomposition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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