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dissection collapse: cutting so as to separate into pieces; detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work); a minute and critical analysis

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

habituation collapse: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

orientation collapse: the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

burglary collapse: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

hardening collapse: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact); the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"; abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

breaking point collapse: the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks; (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

conditioning collapse: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

breakdown collapse: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"; a mental or physical breakdown

secession collapse: formal separation from an alliance or federation; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War; an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

assay collapse: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.; an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"; a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance; a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components; analyze (chemical substances)

alpha collapse: the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet; the beginning of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations; early testing stage of a software or hardware product; "alpha version"; first in order of importance; "the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees"; "the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star"

prickly heat collapse: obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

subdivision collapse: the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided; an area composed of subdivided lots

destruction collapse: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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