A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. / The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.

plural of decomposition

Of or pertaining to decomposition.

Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite. / (botany) decompound

Anything decompounded.

plural of decomposite

resolved into its constituent components

(chemistry) a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis

(chemistry) the fragmentation of any compound into elements or smaller compounds

(mathematics) A process by which a matrix (a rectangular table of numbers or abstract quantities that can be added and multiplied) is broken down into simpler numerical building blocks.