
1) Abasement 2) Abjection 3) Animalisation 4) Barbarisation 5) Barbarization 6) Bastardisation 7) Decadence 8) Decadency 9) Degeneracy 10) Dehumanisation 11) Dehumanization 12) Demoralization 13) Disgrace 14) Disrepute 15) Humiliation 16) Subversion 17) Vulgarisation 18) Vulgarization
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1) Chagrin 2) Change of state 3) Changing to a lower state 4) Debasement 5) Decadence 6) Embarrassment 7) French word used in English 8) Geological process 9) Humiliation 10) Indignity 11) Loss of face 12) Public humiliation 13) Shame 14) The act of degrading 15) The state of being degraded 16) Water stream
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- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
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• (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. • (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. • (n.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of wat...
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During film processing the material is handled, duplicated and worked numerous times. In the succesive stages the film tends to deteriorate in color and definition from the original take. Degradation is the deterioration that occurs, much like the numerous showings of a movie recorded on VHS cassettes will deteriorate, or the quality of a recording...
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(from the article `surface coating`) ...commonly thought to consist mainly of resistance to and protection from solar radiation. Many natural polymeric substrates, such as wood, and many ...
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decrease in the superconducting characteristics, usually the current carrying capacity, of a superconducting wire or device as compared to short sample characteristics NOTE - In the brittle superconductors, the degradation may be caused by mechanical damages.
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Materials breaking down or changing appearance from the original state or appearance. Typically paper or photographs yellowing and becoming brittle.
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<biochemistry, chemistry> The reduction of a chemical compound to one less complex, as by splitting off one or more groups. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(deg″rә-da´shәn) conversion of a chemical compound to one less complex, as by splitting off one or more groups of atoms. See also lysis.
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The process by which a stream's gradient becomes less steep, due to the erosion of sediment from the stream bed. Such erosion generally follows a sharp reduction in the amount of sediment entering the stream.
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A general term applied to the breakdown of toxic components by biochemical processes into non-toxic products.
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Deg`ra·da'tion noun [ Late Latin
degradatio , from
degradare : confer French
dégradation . See
Degrade .]
1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the
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Ecclesiastical Law. A censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon.
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[Wuthering Heights] the state of being lower in rank, status, or condition.
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Caused by exposure to heat, light, oxygen, or weathering, degradation is a destructive change in the chemical structure, physical properties, or appearance of plastic materials.
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debasement noun changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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any significant reduction in the fertility of a soil, whether in the course of its natural development or by direct or indirect human action
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A term used to describe the process by which a tyre loses performance or grip. Different from tyre wear which concerns the process by which the tread is worn away.
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A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties, or appearance of a plastic caused by exposure to heat, light, oxygen, or weathering.
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A term used to describe the process by which a tyre loses performance or grip. Different from tyre wear which concerns the process by which the tread is worn away.
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A deterioration in the chemical structure of plastic.
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A deleterious change in the chemical structure of a plastic. See DETERIORATION.
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a deleterious change in the chemical composition, appearance, physical or mechanical properties of a plastic.
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changing to a lower, less respected state
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