decomposition

腐敗、分解

死んだ動植物などの天然の物質が、分解されて腐っていくこと。

やさしい英語で： The process in which dead plants, animals, or other natural material break down and rot.

• Heat speeds up decomposition.
• The fallen leaves were already showing signs of decomposition.
• Bacteria play an important role in the decomposition of dead plants.

類義語： decay, rotting

よく使う表現： organic decomposition, decomposition process, rate of decomposition

分解

調べたり扱いやすくしたりするため、物事を小さな部分に分けること。

やさしい英語で： The process of separating something into smaller parts so you can study or work with it.

• Decomposition makes the problem easier to study.
• The team used task decomposition to plan the work.
• This method allows the decomposition of a system into smaller parts.

使い方： decomposition of something into something (We used decomposition of the task into smaller steps.)

類義語： breakdown

よく使う表現： problem decomposition, matrix decomposition, decomposition into parts