dissociate - meaning and definition. What is dissociate
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What (who) is dissociate - definition

GENERAL PROCESS IN WHICH MOLECULES (OR IONIC COMPOUNDS SUCH AS SALTS, OR COMPLEXES) SEPARATE OR SPLIT INTO SMALLER PARTICLES SUCH AS ATOMS, IONS OR RADICALS, USUALLY IN A REVERSIBLE MANNER
Dissociate; Dissociating; Degree of Dissociation; Ionic dissociation; Dissociable; Dissociated; Recombination (chemistry); Association (chemistry); Chemical dissociation
  • A video of [[sodium chloride]] crystals dissolving and dissociating in water

dissociate         
v. (D; refl.) also: disassociate to dissociate from
D; refl., tr.) to dissociate from (we dissociate d ourselves from his views)
Dissociate         
·vt To separate from fellowship or union; to Disunite; to Disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
dissociate         
(dissociates, dissociating, dissociated)
1.
If you dissociate yourself from something or someone, you say or show that you are not connected with them, usually in order to avoid trouble or blame.
It is getting harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandal.
VERB: V pron-refl from n
2.
If you dissociate one thing from another, you consider the two things as separate from each other, or you separate them. (FORMAL)
Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason.
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VERB: V n from n
dissociation
The war between the sexes should not result in their complete dissociation from one another.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N from n

Wikipedia

Dissociation (chemistry)

Dissociation in chemistry is a general process in which molecules (or ionic compounds such as salts, or complexes) separate or split into other things such as atoms, ions, or radicals, usually in a reversible manner. For instance, when an acid dissolves in water, a covalent bond between an electronegative atom and a hydrogen atom is broken by heterolytic fission, which gives a proton (H+) and a negative ion. Dissociation is the opposite of association or recombination.

Pronunciation examples for dissociate
1. it helps to dissociate
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2. So those two things do certainly dissociate.
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3. Remarkably, we find we can completely dissociate these two abnormalities.
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4. They said, obviously tried to dissociate themselves from drugs,
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5. makes you subtly dissociate the future from the present every time you speak.
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Examples of use of dissociate
1. However, he said, "the state cannot dissociate itself" from the economy.
2. Church leaders sought, however, to dissociate themselves from politics ahead of Monday‘s meeting.
3. Israel must take public action to dissociate itself completely from that group of Jewish American leaders.
4. You have to dissociate yourself from extremist groups you would never associate with.
5. But, he said, "the state cannot dissociate itself" from the economy.