What does «disgregación» mean in Spanish?
- Action of disintegrating: separation of the parts of a whole; separation of what was already united.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la disgregación de la familia es muy común en la actualidad".
- Separation of a rock into its components by the action of external agents. Technically also called physical/mechanical weathering. Rocks are fragmented into smaller and smaller parts, but retain the characteristics of the original material; the end result is many small fragments from one large one. External agents can be changes in temperature, humidity and biological activity.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la erosión provoca la disgregación de las rocas".
- Lack of mental coherence and structuring. It is a psychological disorder.
Examples of use in Spanish: "sufre una disgregación mental debido a su avanzada edad".
- Technique to which a solid sample is subjected in order to obtain it mixed and in a suitable particle size. Reagents called disintegrants are used for disintegration.
- In construction, separation or disunion of the components of a material, which may be coatings, wood or metal carpentry, etc., as a result of contaminating agents, water erosion, bird fecal matter, etc.