disintegration

English

Etymology

disintegrate +‎ -ion or dis- +‎ integration.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disintegration (countable and uncountable, plural disintegrations)

A process by which anything disintegrates.
The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
(geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Related terms

Translations

a process by which anything disintegrates

Azerbaijani: süqut, dağılma
Catalan: desintegració (ca) f
Czech: dezintegrace f
French: désintégration (fr) f
Polish: dezintegracja (pl) f

Portuguese: desintegração (pt) f
Romanian: dezintegrare (ro) f
Spanish: desintegración (es) f
Tagalog: hiugnay

the condition of anything which has disintegrated

Portuguese: desintegração (pt) f

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

Tagalog: hiugnay

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разлагане (bg) (razlagane), ^{(please verify)} разпадане (bg) (razpadane)

Anagrams

disorientating

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