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indecomposable

American  
[in-dee-kuhm-poh-zuh-buhl] / ˌɪn di kəmˈpoʊ zə bəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being decomposed.


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Etymology

Origin of indecomposable

First recorded in 1805–15; in- 3 + decomposable ( def. )


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It lies in the original constitution of human nature, being simple and indecomposable, like the judgment of the True and the Beautiful.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

They propose, that is, to find a simple and indecomposable point, or absolute element, which gives to the world and thought their order and systematization.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Our previous reasoning would lead us nevertheless to guess that this sense is not, in its nature, a simple and indecomposable faculty.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams

Our will may be a primary initiating cause or force, as unexplainable, as unreducible, as indecomposable, as impossible if you choose, but as real to our belief as the œternitas a parte ante.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown

The decomposition, having reached this point, can go no further, for the oxide of carbon is indecomposable by leaves, as the following experiment proves.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

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