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disassemble, v.|dɪsəˈsɛmb(ə)l| [f. dis- 6 + assemble v.] †a. trans. To separate, scatter, disperse. Obs. rare—0.
1611Cotgr., Desassembler, to disassemble, disioyne, disunite. b. To take to pieces, to take apart. (The opposite of assemble v.1 2 b.) So disaˈssembly, the act or process of disassembling.
1922Short Stories Feb. 41/2 This generating plant was partly disassembled. 1930Sci. Amer. Nov. 389 The entire 50-foot line can be assembled or disassembled in six minutes. 1954New Biol. XVI. 36 The assembly and disassembly of protein molecules in tissue fluids has been shown..to be continually taking place. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Apr. 192/1 The reconstruction of disassembled paintings. 1958New Scientist 1 May 31/1 (diagram) Disassembly cell. 1967Karch & Buber Offset Processes x. 462 Remove the screws from the bars and disassemble.
Add:2. intr. To undergo disassembly; to disintegrate, separate into constituent elements.
1961in Webster. 1970G. R. Taylor Doomsday Bk. viii. 193 If you wish to refer to..the whole plant exploding..you say..the plant ‘will disassemble’. 1973Sci. Amer. Nov. 54/3 If the calcium ion is removed by chelating agents, the subunits disassemble. 1976Laurel (Montana) Outlook 30 June 14/3 The parade will..follow First Ave. to Thomson Park, where the parade will disassemble. 1989B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) viii. 425 When a nucleus disassembles in mitosis, its contents mix with those of the cytosol. Hence disaˈssemblage n. = disassembly n.
1980Blair & Ketchum's Country Jrnl. Oct. 127/2 He recommends..complete disposal of hazardous wastes by means of disassemblage or direct destruction. 1986Los Angeles Times 23 Nov. 4/1 The clothes I dance in have to allow me to make quick assemblages and disassemblages of imagery. |