#49. Decomposition.
— N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c.
(uncleanness) 653; dispersion &c. 73; disjunction
&c. 44; disintegration.
V. decompose, decompound;
analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into
its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem];
dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse &c. 73;
unravel &c. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust.
Adj. decomposed &c.
v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative,
solvent.
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#50. Whole. [Principal
part.] — N. whole, totality, integrity;
totalness &c. adj[obs3].; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness[obs3];
unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility,
indiscerptibility[obs3]; integration, embodiment;
integer.
all, the whole, total,
aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum
total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha
and Omega, “be all and end all”; complex,
complexus [obs3]; lock stock and barrel.
bulk, mass, lump, tissue,
staple, body, compages[obs3]; trunk, torso,
bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part,
best part, principal part, main part; essential part
&c. (importance). 642; lion’s share, Benjamin’s
mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all.
V. form a whole, constitute
a whole; integrate, embody, amass;
aggregate &c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to.
Adj. whole, total, integral,
entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual.
unbroken, intact, uncut,
undivided, unsevered[obs3], unclipped[obs3],
uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished,
undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised.
indivisible, indissoluble,
indissolvable[obs3], indiscerptible[obs3].
wholesale, sweeping;
comprehensive.
Adv. wholly, altogether;
totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all,
all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively,
all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in
the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run;
en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily|!, en bloc,
in extenso[Lat], throughout, every inch; substantially.
Phr. tout bien ou rien[Fr].
#51. Part. —
N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause,
count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector,
segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment,
parcel.
piece[Fr], lump, bit
cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop[obs3], slice,
scale; lamina &c. 204; small part; morsel, particle
&c. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend; share &c.
(allotment) 786.
debris, odds and ends,
oddments, detritus; excerpta[obs3]; member,
limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough,
joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray,
sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part