demanufacture
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Parties define the life cycle of electronic equipment broadly to include acquisition, design, manufacture, assembly, distribution, use, reuse, demanufacture, and recycling. (from the Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets" PDF signed 11-15-2004)"
- "... other demand documents, and clerical procedures required in effecting the manufacture or demanufacture of field units as directed by higher authority."
- "This problem was selected because it is a practical example of the types of system that are excellent candidates for demanufacture."
- "An RPS is a network of transportation logistics and processing functions that collect, recycle, refurbish, and demanufacture end-of-life products."
Etymology
From de- + manufacture.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: de