decompose
Compost heaps generate heat which might accelerate decomposition.
Morgues were designed to stay cool to prevent decomposition of corpses.
They generate all their electricity from biogas produced by the decomposition of pig manure.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Decaying and staying fresh
best-before date
biodegradable
biodegrade
compost
decay
decompose
mouldy
nonperishable
nutrient cycling
out of date
perish
perishable
rack
seed
sell-by date
shrivel
shrivelled
soft rot
spoil
withered

Examples of decomposition

decomposition
Each iteration through a high pass and low pass filter represents one level of decomposition.
Then, through the paths of the digraph representing the design problem decomposition, the dependent descriptor will eventually acquire its value.
Measuring decomposition, nutrient turnover, and stores in plant litter.
The most obvious and effective approach is simply to look up pronunciations of input words-or, perhaps, morphemes after morphological decomposition-in a dictionary.
As shown in the design decomposition, the drive equipment specialist is responsible for selection and (optionally) assembly of the drive train components.
This proves that the almost closed set decomposition consists of two atomic sets.
Decomposition in a tree-like manner is a common approach applied to describe computer networks, inheritance hierarchies and organisational and administrative hierarchies.
Their further decomposition, displayed below, is induced by the couniversal property of the comma construction.
For example, in signal processing rank-revealing orthogonal decompositions need to be frequently updated.
Relative age was judged by shape, humidity (considering weather conditions) and signs of decomposition.
In view of our decomposition of the particle distribution, the moving-source technique lends itself to the investigation of arbitrarily anisotropic initial data.
These are the constraints that mandate surface faithfulness between the segments resulting from decomposition.
We introduce unique decomposition categories that provide a suitable categorical framework for such computational analysis.
This complements the planner's ability to autonomously apply other task decomposition methods.
Crucial concepts in the structured approach included functional decomposition and abstract data types.
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