Dematerialize vs Disintegration - What's the difference?
dematerialize | disintegration |
to disappear by becoming immaterial.
* 2002 , , Ogre, Ogre , page 9
to cause something to disappear by becoming immaterial.
* 2009 , Etson White, Revelation of God , page 161
to remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.)
* 2013 , Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management
A process by which anything disintegrates.
The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
(geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
As a verb dematerialize
is to disappear by becoming immaterial.As a noun disintegration is
a process by which anything disintegrates.dematerialize
English
Alternative forms
* dematerialiseVerb
(dematerializ)- Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did.
- Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location.
- Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book
