Definitions For Comminution

Noun

COMMINUTION. (countable and uncountable, plural COMMINUTIONs) (often, mining, waste management) The breaking#noun, breaking or grinding#noun, grinding up of a material to form smaller particles. (traumatology) The fracture#noun, fracture of a bone#noun, bone site#noun, site in multiple piece#noun, pieces (technically, at least three); crumbling#noun, crumbling.

Usage notes

In traumatology, comminution is to be distinguished from a compound#adjective, compound or open fracture#noun, fracture, though fractures which are both comminuted and compound do occur.

Synonyms

breaking or grinding up of a material crushing, pulverization

Related terms

comminuible comminute comminuted, pos=adjective comminutor minute

Translations

Arabic: تفتيت Catalan: comminució, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 粉碎, tr=fěnsuì French: comminution, f German: Zerkleinern Latin: comminūtiō, f Polish: rozdrabnianie, n, kruszenie, n Russian: измельче́ние, n Ukrainian: дро́блення, подрі́бнення Welsh: pyloriant Galician: conminuta, f

Etymology

from {{der + en + la + comminūtiō + + breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing}}, from {{der + en + la + comminuō + + to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize}} (from com- + + prefix indicating completeness + minuō + + to make smaller; to diminish, lessen, ultimately from {{der + en + ine-pro + *mey- + + little, small}}) + {{der + en + la + -tiō + + suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action}}; equivalent to comminute + ion.