indecomposable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of indecomposable
First recorded in 1805–15; in- 3 + decomposable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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El�ements, the simplest constituent principles or parts of anything; in a special sense, the ultimate indecomposable constituents of any kind of matter.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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
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 Brown, E. E.
Owing to the absence of ashes, and the general indecomposable character of the lava in this Archipelago, the islands are slowly clothed with a poor vegetation, and the scenery has a desolate and frightful aspect.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
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 Williams, C. M.
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