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Webster 1913 Edition
Comminution
Comˊmi-nu′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Bentley.
2.
(Surg.)
Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
Dunglison.
3.
Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Natural and necessary
comminution
of our lives. Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Comminution
COMMINUTION
, n.1.
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization.2.
Attenuation; as comminution of spirits.