释义 |
dis·integration \dəs, (ˌ)dis+\ noun 1. : the act or process of disintegrating or state of being disintegrated < disintegration of personality > specifically : a change in the composition of an atomic nucleus whether occurring spontaneously (as in the ejection of particles from the nucleus in radioactivity) or as a result of bombardment by particles (as by neutrons or protons) 2. : the transformation of an elementary particle into others (as of a neutron into a proton and electron) |