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disintegration

noun
/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/UK/dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.

  1. derived from integrātus
  2. inherited from integrat — “intact, whole”
  3. formed as disintegrate — “dis- + integrate”
  4. suffixed as disintegration — “disintegrate + ion”

Definitions

  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,…

    The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The process of radioactive decay.

The neighborhood

Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at disintegration

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

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