biological decomposition
1Decomposition (disambiguation) — Decomposition may refer to the following: Decomposition, biological process through which organic material is reduced Chemical decomposition or analysis, in chemistry, is the fragmentation of a chemical compound into elements or smaller compounds …
2Biological interaction — Biological interactions are the effects organisms in a community have on one another. In the natural world no organism exists in absolute isolation, and thus every organism must interact with the environment and other organisms. An organism s… …
3Decomposition — For other uses, see Decomposition (disambiguation). A mummified rat. Stages of death Pallor mortis Algor mortis …
4Biological pump — In oceanic biogeochemistry, the biological pump is the sum of a suite of biologically mediated processes that transport carbon from the surface euphotic zone to the ocean s interior. OverviewThe organic carbon that forms the biological pump is… …
5decomposition — noun 1. the analysis of a vector field (Freq. 8) • Syn: ↑vector decomposition • Hypernyms: ↑vector algebra 2. in a decomposed state (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑ …
6biological science — noun the science that studies living organisms • Syn: ↑biology • Derivationally related forms: ↑biologic (for: ↑biology), ↑biological (for: ↑biology), ↑ …
7decomposition — noun a) A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost b) The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis See Also: decompose …
8Singular value decomposition — Visualization of the SVD of a 2 dimensional, real shearing matrix M. First, we see the unit disc in blue together with the two canonical unit vectors. We then see the action of M, which distorts the disk to an ellipse. The SVD decomposes M into… …
9Thermal decomposition — For the biological process, see decomposition. Thermal decomposition, or thermolysis, is a chemical decomposition caused by heat. The decomposition temperature of a substance is the temperature at which the substance chemically decomposes. The… …
10Glossary of environmental science — This is a glossary of environmental science.Environmental science is the study of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and… …
