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Definition: COMMINUTION |
COMMINUTIONNoun1. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. 2. Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. 3. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. |
"COMMINUTION" is a common misspelling or typo for: combination, comminuting. |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Mechanical shredding or pulverizing of waste. Used in both solid waste management and wastewater treatment. (references) |
Mining | A. The gradual diminution of a substance to a fine powder or dust by crushing, grinding, or rubbing; specif., the reduction of a rock to progressively smaller particles by weathering, erosion, or tectonic movements b. The breaking, crushing, or grinding by mechanical means of stone, coal, or ore, for direct use or further processing. Syn:pulverization;trituration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pulverulence | Pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure; limitation; tripsis; filing .Verb:. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: COMMINUTION |
| Specialty definitions using "COMMINUTION": batch mill ♦ choke fed, closed-circuit operation ♦ differential grinding ♦ free fed ♦ grindability ♦ Hadsel mill, Hardgrove number ♦ overgrinding ♦ primary crusher ♦ release mesh ♦ secondary grinding, stage grinding, stage treatment ♦ wet milling. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
comminution | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "COMMINUTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | thërrmim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стриване, раздробяване (breaking, fragmentation), намаляване (abatement, abridgement, attenuation, ax, axe, contraction, decrement, deduction, degression, depletion, diminution, dipping, impairment, lessening, reduction, relaxation, shrinkage, wane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | désintégration, broyage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zúzás (grinding, milling, stamping), szilánkos törés (splintery fracture), szemcsézés (granulation), szétdörzsölés, aprítás (cracking, grinding, milling), apróra törés, apróra szétdörzsölés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 복잡골 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mynnaghey (chop up, comminute, pulverization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omminutioncay fragmentação (division of work, fragmentation, fragmentation of jobs, fragmented work). (various references) pulverizare (levigation, spraying), împãrţire (admeasurement, apportionment, dispensation, distribution, division, impartation, impartment, partition, retribution), îmbucãtãţire. (various references) размельчение. (various references) pretvaranje u puder. (various references) transformación en polvo. (various references) styckande, pulverisering (pulverization). (various references) ufalama, parçacıklara ayırma. (various references) розпорошення (pulverization), подрібнення (granulation, grinding, pounding). (various references) sự tán nhỏ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COMMINUTION": comminutions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "COMMINUTION" (pronounced 'Com`mi*nu"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: communion. | |
-3 letters: continuo, monition, munition, uncommon. | |
-4 letters: coition, nicotin, unction. | |
-5 letters: commit, common, conium, cummin, ionium, minion, minium, miotic, motion, mouton, muntin, muonic, noncom, notion, nuncio, uncini. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: comminutions. | |
+2 letters: communication, communization. | |
+3 letters: communications, communizations, intercommunion, noncommunities. | |
+4 letters: communicational, excommunication, intercommunions. | |
+5 letters: excommunications, immunodiagnostic, miscommunication, noncommunicating, noncommunication, noncommunicative, noncommutativity. | |
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