disintegration

Plural: disintegrations

Noun

• in a decomposed state
• a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
  • "a disintegration of personality"
• separation into component parts
• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
• total destruction
• A process by which anything disintegrates.
• The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
• The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
• The process of radioactive decay.
• The process of radioactive decay.
• The radioactive decay of a single atom.

Examples

• The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.

Synonyms

annihilation, decay, decomposition, dissolution, radioactive decay

Related Words

integration