Part 2825

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Decompound</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Decomposite</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pos"ite</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything decompounded.</def>

<blockquote><b>Decomposites</b> of three metals or more. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decomposition</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*com`po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (in sense 3 intensive) + <ets>composition</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82composition</ets>. Cf. <er>Decomposition</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; <as>as, the <ex>decomposition</ex> of wood, rocks, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being reduced into original elements.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Decomposition of forces</col>. <cd>Same as <i>Resolution of forces<i>, under <er>Resolution</er>.</cd> -- <col>Decomposition of light</col>, <cd>the division of light into the prismatic colors.</cd></cs>

<h1>Decompound</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pound"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decompounded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decompounding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens. in sense 1) + <ets>compound</ets>, v. t.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.</def>

<blockquote>It divides and <b>decompounds</b> objects into . . . parts. <i>Hazlitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decompound</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pound"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>compound</ets>, <ets>a.</ets>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.</def>

<h1>Decompound</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pound"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A decomposite.</def>

<h1>Decompoundable</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pound"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being decompounded.</def>

<h1>Deconcentrate</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`con*cen"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Deconcentration</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*con`cen*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of deconcentrating.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>