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noun
The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, often, uncountable
Qualifier: waste management
Topics: business, mining
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences, traumatology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin comminūtiō (“breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing”), from Latin comminuō (“to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize”) (from com- (prefix indicating completeness) + minuō (“to make smaller; to diminish, lessen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + Latin -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action); equivalent to comminute + -ion.
Across languages
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