decomposable
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˌdiːkəmˈpoʊzəbl/
- The furniture was designed to be decomposable, allowing for easy recycling.
- decomposable materials
Examples
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Are strings similarly decomposable or are they on this theory, the true like atoms of the universe?
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Their ultimate constituents are simple ideas that are not further decomposable.
Academic text (2016) -
So that's what I wanted to show you, full retro for decomposable search problems.
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The fictional environment thus created is one in which everything is infinitely decomposable and recomposable, as if purchased in a supermarket of lives and identities.
Academic text (2016) -
The complicated systems that engineers dealt with for many years consisted of decomposable functional components, or subsystems, which are well defined and which interact with each other in well-understood ways.
Academic text (2011) -
In particular, it is decomposable in the sense that the total poverty of a group is treated as a weighted average of the levels of poverty of the subgroups—a great advantage in any empirical application?
Academic text (1998) -
Organic waste is decomposable, making it perfect for composting.
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The scientist studied the decomposable materials to improve waste management.
Synonyms
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4.6
Able to be taken apart from something else
2
4.4
Can break down naturally by bacteria or chemicals
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7.9
Part of something that can be removed from the rest, for example a clause in a contract
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4.2
You can study it by separating it into parts
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9.9
Able to be divided into parts
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7.7
Able to be separated or treated as separate from something else
How Decomposable
- Specialized
15
4.6
15
4.6
1
5.8
57
4.2
33
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decomposable comes from de- meaning 'away' or 'undo' and compose meaning 'to put together', the same root as in 'compose' and 'composition'. So something decomposable can be taken apart or broken into smaller parts.