DECREPITATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("decrepitation" is a kind of...):

crackle; crackling; crepitation (the sharp sound of snapping noises)

Derivation:

decrepitate (to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops)

decrepitate (undergo decrepitation and crackle)

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