Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decomposition_reaction

1 sense of decomposition reaction

Sense 1
decomposition, decomposition reaction, chemical decomposition reaction -- ((chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance)
       => chemical reaction, reaction -- ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water")