the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | the analysis of a vector field |
the way two individuals relate to each other | the organic phenomenon of rotting |
the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
| (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
| in a decomposed state |