dissociation has definitions from the fields of psychiatry,chemistry
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[ noun ] the act of removing from association

Used in print

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

Argon was used as a blowing_gas to exclude any effects of dissociation or chemical_reaction .

Related terms

separation disassociate

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[ noun ] (chemistry) the temporary or reversible chemical process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions

Related terms

chemical_process chemistry

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[ noun ] (psychiatry) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

Synonyms

disassociation

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