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decay
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decay
(encz) | decay,kazit v: Zdeněk Brož |
decay
(encz) | decay,kazit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
decay
(encz) | decay,tlít v: Zdeněk Brož |
decay
(encz) | decay,úpadek n: Zdeněk Brož |
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
(wn) | decay
n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior
2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
decay, decline]
3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay,
decomposition]
4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;
"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house
had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay,
radioactive decay, disintegration]
v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the
particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
[syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose]
2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to
decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate]
3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay
and needed to be cremated" |
decay
(foldoc) | decay
[Nuclear physics] An automatic conversion which is applied to
most array-valued expressions in C; they "decay into"
pointer-valued expressions pointing to the array's first
element. This term is not used in the official standard for
the language.
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decay
(jargon) | decay
n.,vi
[from nuclear physics] An automatic conversion which is applied to most
array-valued expressions in C; they ‘decay into’ pointer-valued
expressions pointing to the array's first element. This term is borderline
techspeak, but is not used in the official standard for the language.
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decayable
(encz) | decayable, adj: |
decayed
(encz) | decayed,zkažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decaying
(encz) | decaying,kažení n: Zdeněk Brož |
decays
(encz) | decays,kazí v: Zdeněk Broždecays,kazy n: pl. Zdeněk Broždecays,rozklady n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
exponential decay
(encz) | exponential decay, n: |
radioactive decay
(encz) | radioactive decay, n: |
tooth decay
(encz) | tooth decay, n: |
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\
See decaying. |
alpha decay
(wn) | alpha decay
n 1: radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied
by the emission of an alpha particle |
beta decay
(wn) | beta decay
n 1: radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied
by the emission of a beta particle |
decayable
(wn) | decayable
adj 1: liable to decay or spoil or become putrid [syn:
decayable, putrescible, putrefiable, spoilable] |
decayed
(wn) | decayed
adj 1: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten
floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
[syn: decayed, rotten, rotted] |
exponential decay
(wn) | exponential decay
n 1: a decrease that follows an exponential function [syn:
exponential decay, exponential return] |
radioactive decay
(wn) | radioactive decay
n 1: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn:
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration] |
tooth decay
(wn) | tooth decay
n 1: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to
the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, {dental
caries}, tooth decay] |
bit decay
(foldoc) | bit rot
alpha particle
bit decay
A hypothetical disease the existence of which has
been deduced from the observation that unused programs or
features will often stop working after sufficient time has
passed, even if "nothing has changed". The theory explains
that bits decay as if they were radioactive. As time passes,
the contents of a file or the code in a program will become
increasingly garbled.
People with a physics background tend to prefer the variant
"bit decay" for the analogy with particle decay.
There actually are physical processes that produce such
effects (alpha particles generated by trace radionuclides in
ceramic chip packages, for example, can change the contents of
a computer memory unpredictably, and various kinds of subtle
media failures can corrupt files in mass storage), but they
are quite rare (and computers are built with error detection
circuitry to compensate for them). The notion long favoured
among hackers that cosmic rays are among the causes of such
events turns out to be a myth.
Bit rot is the notional cause of software rot.
See also computron, quantum bogodynamics.
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bit decay
(jargon) | bit decay
n.
See bit rot. People with a physics background tend to prefer this variant
for the analogy with particle decay. See also computron, {quantum
bogodynamics}.
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