English words for 'Relating to degeneration'
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- (derogatory) Degeneration.
- A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
- The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
- (government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
- A rolling down.
- the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
noun
- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
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- The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
- (mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.
- (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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verb
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adj
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- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
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- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
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- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
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verb
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
verb
- (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
- fall into decay or ruin
- lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- undergo decay or decomposition
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- (physics) Radioactive decay; decomposition of an atom or its nucleus.
- (programming) Array decay.
- Deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
- Continuous decrease of a quantity.
- (biology) Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
- (physics) Particle decay; decomposition of a sub-atomic particle.
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- the process of gradually becoming inferior
- an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
verb
- deteriorate in health
- go back to bad behavior
- (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
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- (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
- (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
- (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- the property characteristic of old age
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
noun
- A deterioration or weakening.
- (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
- The result of being impaired.
- An inefficient part or factor.
- A disability or handicap.
- damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
- a symptom of reduced quality or strength
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
noun
noun
- (derogatory) Degeneration.
- A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
- The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
- (government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
- A rolling down.
- the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
noun
- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
noun
- The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
- (mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.
- (neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
noun
- (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
- a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
- a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
- the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
noun
- (gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- (botany) Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
- (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
- (cytology, of a cell) Condition when the cell ceases to divide.
- (cytology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
- the property characteristic of old age
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
noun
- A deterioration or weakening.
- (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
- The result of being impaired.
- An inefficient part or factor.
- A disability or handicap.
- damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
- a symptom of reduced quality or strength
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- the occurrence of a change for the worse
- the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
- fall into decay or ruin
- lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- undergo decay or decomposition
noun
- (physics) Radioactive decay; decomposition of an atom or its nucleus.
- (programming) Array decay.
- Deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
- Continuous decrease of a quantity.
- (biology) Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
- (physics) Particle decay; decomposition of a sub-atomic particle.
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- the process of gradually becoming inferior
- an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
verb
- deteriorate in health
- go back to bad behavior
- (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).