Zerlegung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- decomposition noun The natural biological breakdown of organic matter, such as into compost.
- partition noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
Senses
Zerlegung is used for these senses in English:
- decomposition The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- decomposition The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
- partition (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
decomposition — full definition
- noun The natural biological breakdown of organic matter, such as into compost.
- noun The act of breaking something down into its parts for closer study.
- noun The splitting of something (a matrix, molecule, or number) into its basic constituent parts, especially in mathematics or science.
partition — full definition
- noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
- noun The division of a country or territory into separate, independently governed parts.
- noun A separately formatted section of a computer's hard drive.
- verb To divide something into separate parts or sections.
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