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Preferred term

decomposition

Definition

  • [Henderson's] n. decay of organic mater­ial, mediated by microorganisms.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • تحلل

Bulgarian

  • Разлагане

Czech

  • rozklad

Danish

  • nedbrydning

Dutch

  • afbraak

Estonian

  • lagunemine

Finnish

  • hajoaminen, maatuminen

French

  • décomposition

German

  • Abbau

Greek

  • αποσύνθεση

Hungarian

  • lebomlás

Italian

  • decomposizione

Latvian

  • sadalīšanās; dekompozīcija; pārdalījums

Lithuanian

  • skaidymasis

Norwegian

  • nedbrytning

Polish

  • rozkładanie (się)

Portuguese

  • decomposição

Romanian

  • descompunere

Slovak

  • dekompozícia

Slovenian

  • razpad

Spanish

  • descomposición

Swedish

  • upplösning

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20952

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