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decomposable

decomposable

5.8
Able to be separated into smaller parts
  • adjective
  • /ˌdiːkəmˈpoʊzəbl/
translation icon : descomponible
  • The furniture was designed to be decomposable, allowing for easy recycling.
  • decomposable materials

Examples

  • Are strings similarly decomposable or are they on this theory, the true like atoms of the universe?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The scientist studied the decomposable materials to improve waste management.

Synonyms

separable
vsdecomposable
2 4.6

Able to be taken apart from something else

is a more technical term for the same dividable ability
degradable
vsdecomposable
  • Specialized
1 4.4

Can break down naturally by bacteria or chemicals

refers to being broken into parts in general, not only by decay
severable
vsdecomposable
1 7.9

Part of something that can be removed from the rest, for example a clause in a contract

describes breaking down into parts rather than detaching whole pieces
analyzable
vsdecomposable
  • US
1 4.2

You can study it by separating it into parts

means able to be broken into parts physically rather than only for study
dissociable
vsdecomposable
7.7

Able to be separated or treated as separate from something else

focuses on actual breaking into parts rather than becoming merely distinct
partible
vsdecomposable
  • Specialized
9.9

Able to be divided into parts

applies to breaking things into parts generally, not only legal shares

How Decomposable

biodegradable
  • Specialized
15 4.6
perishable
12 4.6
decomposable
5.8
resistant
61 4.2

Surface Forms

decomposable positive

Morphology

decomposable = decompose (semi-transparent) = de + compose + able

The adjective is formed in a standard way from the verb 'decompose' plus '-able', meaning 'able to be decomposed'.

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.