decomposed
Fell apart organically
Decomposed describes organic matter that has broken down through decay.
A decomposed body has rotted; decomposed leaves become soil.
The word applies to anything that has undergone decomposition: The remains were too decomposed to identify.
In technical contexts, decomposed can mean broken into component parts: The signal was decomposed into its frequencies.
Organic matter decomposing
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- biodegradationMicrobial breakdown of organics
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
spoilage · moldering · putrescence · necrosis · crumbling · festering · putrefied · cadaver
Soil nutrient supplement
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- mulchProtective plant bedding
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
soil amendment · vermicompost · worm castings · leafmold · topsoil · green manure · bone meal · blood meal
Methodical study of parts
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- factorizationDecomposing into multiplicative parts
- disassemblySeparating into components
- simplificationMaking something less complex
reduction · separation · partitioning · segmentation · division · subdivision · disaggregation · distillation
rotting
Organic matter decomposing
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- biodegradationMicrobial breakdown of organics
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
disintegration · spoilage · moldering · putrescence · necrosis · crumbling · festering · putrefied · cadaver · carcass
fertilizer
Soil nutrient supplement
nutrients · soil amendment · vermicompost · worm castings · leafmold · topsoil · green manure · bone meal · blood meal · biofertilizer
analysis
Methodical study of parts
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- factorizationDecomposing into multiplicative parts
- disassemblySeparating into components
simplification · reduction · separation · partitioning · segmentation · division · subdivision · disaggregation · distillation · resolution
- food qualitiesripe, unripe, overripe, fresh, spoiled
- spoiledrotten, rotted, rotting, spoiled, spoiling
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, fade
- burial statesburied, unburied, entombed, interred, cremated
- deathlydead, deadly, deathly, deceased, dying
- preservation statespreserved, canned, frozen, dried, pickled
- decomposing matter
- chemical decompositionSeparation into simpler substances
- LU decompositionMatrix split into triangular factors
- QR decompositionMatrix as orthogonal-triangular product
- organic decompositionBiological breakdown of matter
decompose, decomposition, decomposing, decomposes, decomposer, decomposers, decomposable