comminution

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, often, uncountable) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
2. (countable, uncountable) The fracture of a bone site in multiple pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling.

Concepts

fragmentation

hachage

broyage

concassage

émiettement

trituration

rapage

Synonymes

pulverization

crushing

making small

trituration

cracking

crumbling

disperse

flaking

fracture

fragmenting

grating

shredding

porphyrization

size reduction

break

porphyrize

breaking

broken

chopping

Traductions

Zerkleinerung

سهك

fragmentação

frammentazione

desmenuzamiento

schiacciatura

Zerquetschen

Zerhacken

frantumazione

tagliuzzamento

triturazione

Zerreiben

trinciatura

Zerreissen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌkɒmɪˈnjuːʃ(ə)n/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin comminūtiō (“breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing”), from Latin comminuō (“to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize”) (from com- (prefix indicating completeness) + minuō (“to make smaller; to diminish, lessen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + Latin -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action); equivalent to comminute + -ion.