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noun

Dissociation n.

The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion. "It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics."

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dissociation" Quotes from Famous Books

... looking out ... Madame X established a piano in the Alps.... The caravans started. And the Splendid Hotel was erected upon the chaos of ice and night of the Pole" (from the translation by Aline Gorren). This, apparently mad sequence of words and dissociation of ideas, has been deciphered by M. Kahn, and need not daunt any one who has patience and ingenuity. I confess I prefer Laforgue, who at his most cryptic is never so ...

— Ivory Apes and Peacocks • James Huneker

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