DISSOLUTION
\dˌɪsəlˈuːʃən], \dˌɪsəlˈuːʃən], \d_ˌɪ_s_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISSOLUTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
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the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"
By Princeton University
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dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
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the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
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Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
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Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
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The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
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The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
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The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
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Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
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Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.
By Oddity Software
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The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
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Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
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Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
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The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
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The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
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The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
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Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
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Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of dissolving or converting into liquid; death; disorganization.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of dissolving; death.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dissolutio, Dialysis, from dissolvere, (dis, and solvere, solutum,) 'to loosen,' 'to melt.' This word is in frequent use, in the writings of the humorists. It is employed, particularly, in speaking of the blood, -to designate, not its entire decomposion or puirefaction, but a diminution in its consistence.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The pathological breaking up of the integrity of an anatomical element, e. g., the blood corpuscles; the state of being so broken up.
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Pathological softening of a tissue, as in necrosis or grangrene.
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Death. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of dissolving or separating into component parts;—state of being dissolved;—change from a solid to a fluid state;—decomposition;—dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership;—extinction of human life; death; destruction.
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The act of liquefying by heat or moisture; the state of being liquefied; destruction of any thing by the separation of its parts; death, the resolution of the body into its constituent elements; destruction; the act of breaking up an assembly; looseness of manners.
By Thomas Sheridan