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comminution

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com·mi·nute  (km-nt, -nyt)
tr.v. com·mi·nut·ed, com·mi·nut·ing, com·mi·nutes
To reduce to powder; pulverize.

[Latin comminuere, commint- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + minuere, to lessen; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots.]

commi·nution n.

comminution
the breaking of a bone into small pieces. See also bones.
See also: Surgery
the breaking of a bone into small pieces.
See also: Bones


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TONER PARTICLE COMMINUTION IN OFFICE PAPER DISPERSION
Coating methods and equipment will be described, including pre-coating versus in-situ use, application methods, organo-silanes, other organo-metallics, functionalized polymers, fatty acids, equipment for filler coating, equipment for coating of dry, pre-comminuted particles, and equipment for coating during wet or dry processing, including comminution.
[15,41] The severity of fracture, including the amount of comminution or displacement, does not have a significant effect on outcome.
 
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