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CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical decomposition reaction mean?
• CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION (noun)
The noun CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION has 1 sense:
1. (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Familiarity information: CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
chemical decomposition reaction; decomposition; decomposition reaction
Hypernyms ("chemical decomposition reaction" is a kind of...):
chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical decomposition reaction"):
electrolysis ((chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions)
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