Comminution

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  • n. The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
  • n. Fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (at least three); crumbling.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
  • n. Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
  • n. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of comminuting or reducing to fine particles or to a powder; pulverization.
  • n. In surgery, a comminute fracture.
  • n. Attenuation or diminution by small abstractions.
    • Word Usage
    "The progression from the comminution till and gravelly mud of Units 3 and 2 into the diatomaceous mud of Unit 1 likely represents the Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene transition in the northwestern Weddell Sea."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pulverization    lessening    comminuted fracture    crushing   
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