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degradation

  (dĕg'rə-dā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or process of degrading.
  2. The state of being degraded; degeneration.
  3. A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level.
  4. Geology. A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion or weathering.
  5. Chemistry. Decomposition of a compound by stages, exhibiting well-defined intermediate products.
  6. Computer Science. The state in which a computer operates when some of its memory or peripherals are not available.
degradative deg'ra·da'tive adj.
 
 
Thesaurus: degradation

noun

  1. The act or an instance of demoting: demotion, reduction. See rise/fall.
  2. A lowering in or deprivation of character or self-esteem: abasement, debasement, humiliation, mortification. See respect/contempt/standing, win/lose/recovery.

 
Antonyms: degradation

n

Definition: depravity, shame
Antonyms: admiration, approval, elevation, honor, promotion, upgrade


 
Dental Dictionary: degradation
(deg′rədā′shən)
n

The reduction of a chemical compound to a less complex compound.

 
Geography Dictionary: degradation

The lowering and flattening of a surface through erosion, especially the erosion carried out to maintain or restore the graded profile of a river.

 
Architecture: degradation

Disintegration of a paint film by heat, moisture, sunlight, or natural causes.


 

Conversion of a chemical compound to one less complex, as by splitting off one or more groups of atoms.


 
Devil's Dictionary: degradation
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.


 
Wikipedia: degradation (disambiguation)

Degradation may refer to;

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Translations: Translations for: Degradation

Dansk (Danish)
n. - degradering, afskedigelse, fornedrelse, erosion, udvaskning, nedbrydning

Nederlands (Dutch)
verloedering, vernedering, achteruitgang, degradatie

Français (French)
n. - déchéance, avilissement, (Chim, Géol, Mil, Phys) dégradation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Niedergang, (chem.) Abbau, (geol.) Erosion, Degradation, Degradierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποβάθμιση, εκφαυλισμός, εξαχρείωση, υποβιβασμός, κατάντια, ξεπεσμός, αθλιότητα, αποκτήνωση, (τεχνολ.) μερική υπολειτουργία στοιχείου Η/Υ

Italiano (Italian)
degradazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - degradação (f)

Русский (Russian)
деградация, понижение в должности

Español (Spanish)
n. - degradación, degeneración, disgregación, descenso, erosión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - degradering, förnedring, förfall

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
降格, 退化, 堕落

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 降格, 退化, 墮落

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 타락, 퇴행, 해고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地位を下げること, 格下げ, 役職剥奪, 低落, 堕落, 削平衡作用, 減成, 低下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انحطاط, إذلال, تنزيل رتبه شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השפלה, קלון, ירידה‬


 
 

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