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undecomˈposed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not decomposed: a. Of chemical or mineral substances.
1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 248 If the Fixed Alkali be desired perfectly free from any mixture of undecomposed Nitre. 1789Phil. Trans. LXXIX. 307 The volatile alkali..will frequently pass over in great quantities undecomposed. 1849D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 49 Sometimes there is a very small quantity of undecomposed matter remaining undissolved. 1880J. Lomas Man. Alkali Trade 277 Large quantities of undecomposed manganese.
b. Of substances liable to organic decay.
a1835McCulloch Attributes (1837) III. xlii. 120 The fallen wood in particular is useless to future vegetation while it is undecomposed. 1855Orr's Circ. Sci., Inorg. Nat. 64 The flesh having been preserved in a sufficiently undecomposed state to serve as food for wild animals. |