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- Dictionarydisintegration/dɪsˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the process of losing cohesion or strength: "the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration"
- 2. the process of coming to pieces: "the disintegration of infected cells"
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1 day ago · Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is considered radioactive. Three of the most common types of decay are alpha, beta, and gamma decay.
4 days ago · disintegrative. adjective. tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts. synonyms: clastic. of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) decompositional. causing organic decay. see more.
2 days ago · The painting The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory is a response to another painting of Dali's called Persistence of Memory (1931). Both paintings have similar main features but the second painting shows the original in a state of disintegration, as stated in the title.
5 days ago · This meaning of “crisis” as a moment that determines all subsequent events is still prevalent in modern academic psychology, for example, in the works of Erik Erikson , who described the development of the human personality as a series of eight “psychosocial crises” that every individual is supposed to master during the course of life.
5 days ago · In 'Disintegration', The Cure frontman Robert Smith navigates personal turmoil and the temptation to give up and quit to break free from the endless darkness.
5 days ago · In the literature of post-1989 Eastern European history, the disintegration of traditional industries and the decline of the factory towns that had been based on them is a well-known topic.
2 days ago · Disintegration of the Red Brigades in 1988. Japan – The Japanese Communist Party became gradually influenced by Eurocommunism and issued a statement titled "We welcome the end of a great historical evil of imperialism and hegemonism".