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What is the noun for decomposition?

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decomposition
  1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Police reported that the bodies were in such a state of decomposition that they were unable to tell if there were any marks of violence.”
      “After years of neglect, the old house suffered from extensive decomposition, with its walls crumbling and floors decaying.”
      “The decomposition of the old clock revealed a intricate network of gears and springs.”
decomposability
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is decomposable
decomposer
  1. (ecology) Any organism that feeds off decomposing organic material, especially bacterium or fungi.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Worldwide, about 1200 million tons of fixed nitrogen circulates annually between growth and decomposition primarily with the decomposer bacteria.”
      “It led her to buy the intellectual property rights to the food waste decomposer and the company's Singapore units.”
      “Hundreds of California species either feed directly upon the e decomposer fungi, or predate the fungivorous taxa.”
decompositionality
  1. The property of being decompositional, or proceeding by decomposition.
decomp
  1. (slang) A decomposed body.
decomposabilities
  1. plural of decomposability
decompositions
decomposers
  1. plural of decomposer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Other types, also harmless, live in soil and leaf litter and are important decomposers.”
      “On the other hand, although they are also primarily decomposers associated with soils, certain oribatid mites are herbivorous on living plants.”
      “Finally, decomposers are organisms such as bacteria and fungi that feed on the remains of dead plants and animals.”
decomps
  1. plural of decomp
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