comminution

American  

[kahm-uh-noo-shuhn] / ˈkɑm əˌnu ʃən /

noun

• comminution
  plural

1. the breaking up of a larger piece of material into fragments; pulverization.

2. the breaking or fracturing of a bone into small pieces.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• comminution
  plural

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comminution

This would naturally be expected from the extreme degree the comminution of the bone often reached, and the consequently large amount of callus developed.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

The presence of too much water, by excluding the oxygen of the air, prevents the comminution of matters necessary to fertility.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring

Owing to its resistance to comminution and to chemical attack, quartz accumulates in sea-beaches while other mineral matter becomes removed.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

In the almost impalpable powder that sometimes constitutes the rocks, we can trace the slightest erosion and comminution of the strata from which the deposit was worn.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

The density of these small bones was well illustrated by the frequency with which the bullet suffered injury, even amounting to fragmentation, and the great comminution they themselves suffered.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins