decomposed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
    break down; decompose; break up.
  2. verb lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
    disintegrate; decompose; decay.
    • the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
  3. verb break down
    moulder; molder; rot; decompose.
    • The bodies decomposed in the heat

WordNet

De`com*posed" adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Webster 1913