Dissociate

[dɪ'səʊʃɪeɪt;-sɪ-] or [dɪ'soʃɪet]

Definition

(verb.) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; 'acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions'.

Typed by Jewel--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

Inputed by Cole

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Disjoin, disunite, separate, sever, dissever, divide, part, sunder, detach.

Checker: Phelps

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ASSOCIATION_and_SEVER]

Inputed by Erma

Definition

v.t. to separate from a society or company: to disunite: to separate.—n. Dissociabil′ity.—adjs. Dissō′ciable not sociable: ill associated: incongruous: capable of being dissociated; Dissō′cial not social.—v.t. Dissō′cialise to make unsocial.—n. Dissociā′tion.—adj. Dissō′-ciative (chem.) tending to dissociate.

Typist: Thaddeus