degradation

(dĕg'rə-dā'shən)
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.

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A type of organic chemical reaction in which a compound is converted into a simpler compound. An example is the Barbier-Wieland degradation.

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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.

n

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

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

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

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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.

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(in chemistry)

1. the gradual stepwise and deliberate conversion of a molecule into smaller chemical entities, commonly to elucidate its chemical structure.
2. any undesired breakdown of a molecule or material with impairment or loss of its characteristic properties.
3. depolymerization; decomposition.
4. (in biochemistry) catabolism.

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

(deg′rədā′shən)
n

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

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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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