decompose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
- digest hyponym
- dissociate hyponym
- crack hyponym
Related & opposite
- decomposition reaction derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 2 verb
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- radioactive decay derivation
- physics domain topic
- disintegrate verb group
Sense 3 verb
break down
The bodies decomposed in the heat
Types & categories
- decay hypernym
- biodegrade hyponym
- hang hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- rotting derivation
- putrefaction derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decomposition reaction |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissociate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | radioactive decay |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | putrefaction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | biodegrade |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang |