What is "decomposes"

Usage examples of "decomposes".

But I chanced to read these words in a book that stood open on the table: ``H2SO4 decomposes chlorates with evolution of Cl4O2.

When the semiliquid, sponged-filled fruit strikes the ground, it bounces or rolls a short distance until chemical sensors in the skin indicate an underlying soil type suitable for germination, whereupon the area of skin in contact with the ground decomposes, enabling the sponge to release its liquid content and seeds into the soil and begin its own slower process of decomposition.

SNLUs are methane life-forms with a complex mineral and liquid crystalline structure which decomposes at temperatures in excess of eighteen degrees above absolute zero.

It decomposes and pulverises every change and every phenomenon, until it finds the invariable element in them.

This view [page 450] is strengthened by the fact that with Phalaris and Avena the first true leaf, which is bright green and no doubt decomposes carbonic acid, exhibits hardly a trace of heliotropism.

When quagma is allowed to cool and expand the superforce decomposes into the four sub-forces.

Man expedites the slow work of nature, instead of delaying it by the hideous coffin in which one decomposes for months.

When this is absorbed by the Patch, individuality is lost, death ensues and the body decomposes into its chemical constituents.