different between decomposition vs recomposition

English

Etymology

de- +? composition

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??k?mp??z???n/

Noun

decomposition (countable and uncountable, plural decompositions)

1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
   • 2005, Gerard Chollet, Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Nonlinear Speech Modeling and Applications

     Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […]

3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.

Related terms

• decompose

Translations

English

Etymology

re- +? composition

Noun

recomposition (countable and uncountable, plural recompositions)

1. Composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing
   • 1881 — Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 15

     The Universe is one vast chemical laboratory, in constant operation, by her internal forces. The laws or principles of attraction, cohesion, and repulsion, produce in never-ending succession the phenomena of composition, decomposition, and recomposition.

French

Etymology

From re- +? composition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k??.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

recomposition f (plural recompositions)

1. recomposition
2. (linguistics) process by which a compound word which has undergone phonetic changes is reformed anew from its constituents; the result of that process

Further reading

• “recomposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).