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Definition of Decrepitation
1. Noun. The crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated.
Definition of Decrepitation
1. n. The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.
Definition of Decrepitation
1. Noun. (minerology) The shattering of minerals by the action of heat, especially when accompanied by a crackling sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decrepitation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Decrepitation
1. Crackling; the snapping of certain salts when heated. Origin: L. De, from, + crepo, pp. Crepitus, to crackle (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrepitation
Literary usage of Decrepitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Steel: Comprising Its Theory, Metallurgy, Properties by Henri C. Landrin (1868)
"The water intimately mixed with the ores or fuels will cause their decrepitation;
this effect is produced by small explosions which occur when the material ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe, in Chemical and Mineral by John Joseph Griffin (1827)
"This phenomenon is called decrepitation, and it is owing to the unequal expansion of
... decrepitation ceases when the substance has been once heated red. ..."
3. Pyrology: Or Fire Chemistry; a Science Interesting to the General by William Alexander Ross (1875)
"decrepitation.—This troublesome phenomenon is stated by some mineralogists to
have no reference to, and therefore to be no illustration of, ..."
4. Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts (1837)
"Cause of decrepitation. ANY bodies if suddenly submitted to the action of a high
temperature, Hy into pieces with a crackling noise. ..."
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