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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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
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
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.
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.
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
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