Decomposed
adjective
1.
having undergone decomposition.
2.
(of a feather) having the barbs separate, hanging loosely, and not interconnected by barbules.
verb (used with object), decomposed, decomposing.
1.
to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate:
The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
verb (used without object), decomposed, decomposing.
2.
to rot; putrefy:
The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.
verb
1.
to break down (organic matter) or (of organic matter) to be broken down physically and chemically by bacterial or fungal action; rot
2.
(chem) to break down or cause to break down into simpler chemical compounds
3.
to break up or separate into constituent parts
4.
(transitive) (maths) to express in terms of a number of independent simpler components, as a set as a canonical union of disjoint subsets, or a vector into orthogonal components
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