Associations to the word «Disintegration»

Wiktionary

DISINTEGRATION, noun. A process by which anything disintegrates.
DISINTEGRATION, noun. The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
DISINTEGRATION, noun. (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
DISINTEGRATION ENERGY, noun. (physics) The energy released during a nuclear reaction

Dictionary definition

DISINTEGRATION, noun. In a decomposed state.
DISINTEGRATION, noun. A loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality".
DISINTEGRATION, noun. Separation into component parts.
DISINTEGRATION, noun. The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation.
DISINTEGRATION, noun. Total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope