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decomposable

  • a word derived from decompose.
    decompose
    verb (used with object)
    to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate.

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Because they are made of living cells, they are biocompatible, or nontoxic, and biodegradable, or naturally decomposable.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022

The gift will support research in fields such as climate science, energy, biofuels and decomposable plastics.

From Nature ● Oct. 1, 2019

Cal Tech said the donation would be used to study solar science, climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, water and environmental resources, and ecology and biosphere engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2019

The island is about 2 1/2 miles in greatest diameter; the rock is a coarse grey granite, easily decomposable.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray

When silicates decomposable by acid are present, the solution is evaporated to dryness to render the silica insoluble; the residue extracted with 30 c.c. of hydrochloric acid, and diluted with water to 150 c.c.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer