indecomposable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- indecomposableness noun
Etymology
Origin of indecomposable
First recorded in 1805–15; in- 3 + decomposable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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 Bain, Alexander
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
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 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.
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