Definition of DISGREGATION

disgregation

Plural: disgregations

Noun

  • Separation; scattering.
  • A measure of the separation of the particles of a system; an early formulation of entropy.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disgregātiō, from dis- (“apart”) + grex (“flock”).
The thermodynamics sense was introduced in 1862 by German physicist Rudolf Clausius in his formulation of what is now called the second law of thermodynamics.

Scrabble Score: 15

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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