Dissolution may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Books
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''Dissolution'' (''Forgotten Realms'' novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers
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''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom
Music
* Dissolution, in music, is a specific type of
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''Dissolution'' (Olivia Block album), 2016
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''Dissolution'' (The Pineapple Thief album), 2018
Politics and law
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Dissolution (politics) is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities.
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Dissolution (law), in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation, or unions.
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Dissolution of parliament
The dissolution of a legislative assembly is the mandatory simultaneous resignation of all of its members, in anticipation that a successive legislative assembly will reconvene later with possibly different members. In a democracy, the new assemb ...
, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held.
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Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Dissolution of the Monasteries, in British history, the formal process during the English Reformation by which Henry VIII confiscated the property of the monastic institutions in England, Wales and Ireland between 1536 and 1541
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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act
The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 ( 27 Hen 8 c 28; 1536 in modern dating), also referred to as the Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries and as the Dissolution of Lesser Monasteries Act, was an Act of the Parliament of ...
1535
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Tudor conquest of Ireland
The Tudor conquest (or reconquest) of Ireland took place under the Tudor dynasty, which held the Kingdom of England during the 16th century. Following a failed rebellion against the crown by Silken Thomas, the Earl of Kildare, in the 1530s, ...
Science
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Dissolution (chemistry)
Solvation (or dissolution) describes the interaction of a solvent with dissolved molecules. Both ionized and uncharged molecules interact strongly with a solvent, and the strength and nature of this interaction influence many properties of the ...
, in chemistry, the process of dissolving a solute into a solvent to make a solution
See also
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Dissolve (disambiguation)
Dissolve may refer to:
* Dissolve (filmmaking), in film and video editing, a transition between scenes
* ''Dissolve'' (2019 film), a film by Kim Ki-duk
* ''The Dissolve'', a web magazine property of Pitchfork, covering movies
* Dissolve (band), ...
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