Comminution

[,kɒmi'nju:ʃәn]

(n.) The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.

(n.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.

(n.) Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.

Typed by Jennifer

n. Pulverization, trituration.

Editor: Nolan