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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

  1. noun The natural biological breakdown of organic matter, such as into compost.
  2. noun The act of breaking something down into its parts for closer study.
  3. noun The splitting of something (a matrix, molecule, or number) into its basic constituent parts, especially in mathematics or science.

partition — full definition

  1. noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
  2. noun The division of a country or territory into separate, independently governed parts.
  3. noun A separately formatted section of a computer's hard drive.
  4. verb To divide something into separate parts or sections.

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