COMMINUTION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.

2.
n.

Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison.

3.
n.

Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson.