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Subject:Re: Ever see this word used this way? From:jhamelin -at- poolmail -dot- dolphinsoftware -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:45:05 -0500
I would rewrite the sentence entirely or use broken down. The term is widely
used in Chemistry (a process whereby a chemical compound is decomposed into
simpler constituents), or in electronic publishing (decomposition of an
illustration into pixels by a scanner). But...
