Zersetzung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- corruption noun Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in power, such as bribery.
- decomposition noun The natural biological breakdown of organic matter, such as into compost.
Senses
Zersetzung is used for these senses in English:
- corruption The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- decomposition A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
corruption — full definition
- noun Dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in power, such as bribery.
- noun Damage to data caused by errors during storage or transfer.
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.
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