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Dictionary: com·mi·nute   (kŏm'ə-nūt', -nyūt') pronunciation

tr.v., -nut·ed, -nut·ing, -nutes.
To reduce to powder; pulverize.

[Latin comminuere, comminūt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + minuere, to lessen.]

comminution com'mi·nu'tion n.

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Veterinary Dictionary: comminution
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The act of breaking, or condition of being broken, into small fragments.

Obscure Words: comminute
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to crush, pulverize, reduce to minute particles: triturate
Translations: Comminute
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - findele, dele op i små portioner

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergruizen, in deeltjes opdelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - réduire en poudre, pulvériser

Deutsch (German)
v. - pulverisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατακερματίζω, κονιορτοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
triturare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fragmentar

Русский (Russian)
размельчить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pulverizar, triturar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pulvrisera, dela upp i smålotter

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
研成粉末

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 研成粉末

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분쇄하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 細かに砕く, 細分する, 粉砕する
adj. - 粉砕した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحول الى مسحوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כתש, פורר, שחק‬


 
 
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