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Webster 1913 Edition


Dissociation

Dis-soˊci-a′tion

(?; 106)
,
Noun.
[L.
dissociatio
: cf. F.
dissociation
.]
1.
The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
It will add infinitely
dissociation
, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics.
Burke.
2.
(Chem.)
The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; – said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances;
as, the
dissociation
of the sulphur molecules; the
dissociation
of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dissociation

DISSOCIATION

,
Noun.
The act of disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
It will add to the dissociation, distraction and confusion of these confederate republics.