disintegration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disintegration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disintegration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disintegration n in a decomposed state [syn: decomposition, disintegration] a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; "a disintegration of personality" separation into component parts Synonym(s): dissolution, disintegration the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation Synonym(s): decay, radioactive decay, disintegration total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" Synonym(s): annihilation, disintegration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disintegration \Disin`tegra"tion\, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. --Motley.