CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical decomposition reaction mean? 

• CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION (noun)
  The noun CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

  Familiarity information: CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

chemical decomposition reaction; decomposition; decomposition reaction

Hypernyms ("chemical decomposition reaction" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical decomposition reaction"):

electrolysis ((chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions)