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disintegration

dis.inti'greiʃәn7 senses · 76 ms
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noun/dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən//dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/[dɪsˌɪn.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən]
  1. 1

    A process by which anything disintegrates.countableuncountable

    • A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from
  2. 2

    The condition of anything which has disintegrated.countableuncountable

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    The process of radioactive decay.countableuncountable

  5. 5

    The process of radioactive decay.; The radioactive decay of a single atom.countableuncountable

    • The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.

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