DECOMPOSITE
De`com*pos"ite, n.
Defn: Anything decompounded.
Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon.
DECOMPOSITION De*com`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. de- (in sense 3 intensive) + composition: cf. F. décomposition. Cf. Decomposition.]
1. 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, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.
2. The state of being reduced into original elements.
3. Repeated composition; a combination of compounds. [Obs.] Decomposition of forces. Same as Resolution of forces, under Resolution. — Decomposition of light, the division of light into the prismatic colors.
DECOMPOUND
De`com*pound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decompounding.] Etym: [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v.
t.]
1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.
DECOMPOUND
De`com*pound", a. Etym: [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]