a. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + complex. ] Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being resolved into constituent elements. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything decompounded. [ 1913 Webster ]
Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + composite. ]
n. [ Pref. de- (in sense 3 intensive) + composition: cf. F. décomposition. Cf. Decomposition. ]
Decomposition of forces.
Decomposition of light,
adj. causing organic decay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. t.
It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]