decompose
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Decompose a composite function into its component functions.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Decompose, de-kom-poz′, v.t. to separate the parts composing anything: to resolve into original elements.—v.i. to decay, rot.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"Decompose nitrogen!" said the poor woman as she re-entered her chamber, and burst into tears.
From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
Decompose the light or the shadow, and you find incredible varieties of subtlety, which make the master's art unfathomable.
From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.
Decompose the alkaline soap solution with an excess of hydrochloric acid and weigh the resin acids liberated as in the determination of total fatty acids.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
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