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disgregation|dɪsgrɪˈgeɪʃən| [n. of action f. prec.: see -ation.] Separation of individuals from a company, or of component parts from a whole mass; disintegration, dispersal; spec. in Chem. separation of the molecules of a substance by heat or other agency.
1611Florio Disgregatione, a scattering, a disgregation. a1626Bp. Andrewes in Southey Com.-pl. Bk. Ser. i. (1850) 354 Without it [concord] a gregation it may be, but no congregation. The con is gone; a disgregation rather. 1653Manton Exp. James. v. 9 In troubles there are not so many scatterings and disgregations in Christ's flock. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 763 These Diseases do presuppose a Disgregation of Humours. 1865Grote Plato I. i. 56 The partial disgregation of the chaotic mass. |