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
section (music)
In music, a section is a complete, but not independent, musical idea. Types of sections include the introduction or intro, exposition, development, recapitulation, verse, chorus or refrain, conclusion, coda or outro, fadeout, bridge or inte ...
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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)
Dissolution in politics is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region dissolves or ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities, or being annexed. This can be carried out through armed conflict, legal means, dipl ...
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, dissolution is any of several legal events that terminate a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, corporation, or union.
Dissolution is the last stage of liquidation, the process by which a company (or part of a compan ...
, 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
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is dissolved automatically five years after the day on which it first met or earlier by the Sovereign by royal proclamation made by virtue of the royal prerogative. The prerogative power to dissolve Parliamen ...
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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
These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had ...
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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 ...
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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, He ...
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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