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Decay
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, v. t.
1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]
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Infirmity, that decays the wise. --Shak.
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2. To destroy. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Decay
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, n.
1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness,
prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection;
tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption;
rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the
body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire;
a castle in decay.
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Perhaps my God, though he be far before,
May turn, and take me by the hand, and more
May strengthen my decays. --Herbert.
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His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to
intellectual decay. --Macaulay.
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Which has caused the decay of the consonants to
follow somewhat different laws. --James Byrne.
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2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Cause of decay. [R.]
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He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers,
is the decay of the whole age. --Bacon.
Syn: Decline; consumption. See Decline.
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Decay
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
Chance.]
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
decay; hopes decay.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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Decay
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, v. t.
1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]
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Infirmity, that decays the wise. --Shak.
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2. To destroy. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Decay \De*cay"\, n.
1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness,
prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection;
tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption;
rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the
body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire;
a castle in decay.
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Perhaps my God, though he be far before,
May turn, and take me by the hand, and more
May strengthen my decays. --Herbert.
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His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to
intellectual decay. --Macaulay.
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Which has caused the decay of the consonants to
follow somewhat different laws. --James Byrne.
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2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. Cause of decay. [R.]
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He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers,
is the decay of the whole age. --Bacon.
Syn: Decline; consumption. See Decline.
[1913 Webster]Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
Chance.]
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
decay; hopes decay.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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decayable
(gcide) | decayable \decayable\ adj.
susceptible to decay.
Syn: putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable.
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Decayed
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
Chance.]
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
decay; hopes decay.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]Decayed \De*cayed"\, a.
Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with
decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a
decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness, n.
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Decayedness
(gcide) | Decayed \De*cayed"\, a.
Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with
decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a
decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness, n.
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Decayer
(gcide) | Decayer \De*cay"er\, n.
A causer of decay. [R.]
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Decaying
(gcide) | Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
Chance.]
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
decay; hopes decay.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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Exponential decay
(gcide) | Exponential \Ex`po*nen"tial\, a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.]
1. Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as,
an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an
exponential function.
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2. changing over time in an exponential manner, i. e.
increasing or decreasing by a fixed ratio for each unit of
time; as, exponential growth; exponential decay.
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Note:
Exponential growth is characteristic of bacteria and other
living populations in circumstances where the conditions
of growth are favorable, and all required nutrients are
plentiful. For example, the bacterium Escherichia coli
in rich media may double in number every 20 minutes until
one of the nutrients becomes exhausted or waste products
begin to inhibit growth. Many fascinating thought
experiments are proposed on the theme of exponential
growth. One may calculate, for example how long it would
take the progeny of one Escherichia coli to equal the
mass of the known universe if it multiplied unimpeded at
such a rate. The answer, assuming the equivalent of
10^80 hydrogen atoms in the universe, is less than three
days. Exponential increases in a quantity can be
surprising, and this principle is often used by banks to
make investment at a certain rate of interest seem to be
very profitable over time.
Exponential decay is exhibited by decay of radioactive
materials and some chemical reactions (first order
reactions), in which one-half of the initial quantity of
radioactive element (or chemical substance) is lost for
each lapse of a characteristic time called the
half-life.
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Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means
of an exponential equation.
Exponential equation, an equation which contains an
exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity
enters as an exponent.
Exponential quantity (Math.), a quantity whose exponent is
unknown or variable, as a^x.
Exponential series, a series derived from the development
of exponential equations or quantities.
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Predecay
(gcide) | Predecay \Pre"de*cay`\, n.
Premature decay.
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Undecaying
(gcide) | Undecaying \Undecaying\
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