- an act or instance of dissociating.
- the state of being dissociated; disjunction; separation: the dissociation of church and state.
- Physical Chemistry.
- the reversible resolution or decomposition of a complex substance into simpler constituents caused by variation in physical conditions, as when water gradually decomposes into hydrogen and oxygen under great heat in such a way that when the temperature is lowered the liberated elements recombine.
- electrolytic dissociation.
- the splitting off of a group of mental processes from the main body of consciousness, as in amnesia or certain forms of hysteria.
- the act of dissociating or the state of being dissociated
- chem
- a reversible chemical change of the molecules of a single compound into two or more other molecules, atoms, ions, or radicals
- any decomposition of the molecules of a single compound into two or more other compounds, atoms, ions, or radicals
- separation of molecules or atoms that occurs when a liquid or solid changes to a gas
- the separation of a group of mental processes or ideas from the rest of the personality, so that they lead an independent existence, as in cases of multiple personality
