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degradation
  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
  2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
  3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
  4. (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
  5. A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
  6. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
  7. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
  8. The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “In years past, our ancestors endured the degradation of prejudice and discrimination, yet they retained their dignity.”
      “This can only lead to a degradation in the quality and speed of assistance to vulnerable workers.”
      “This mental process, advancing from step to step, terminates in moral degradation and anarchy.”
degradability
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being degradable
  2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is degradable
  3. Examples:
    1. “Additional research is certainly warranted examining factors associated with ruminal degradability of barley grain.”
      “But false claims of biodegradability in the past and a lack of a widely accepted and credible degradability standard have undercut the public's trust.”
      “In the 1970s, however, scientists revisited the idea of using cellulose by exploiting new technologies to enhance its properties whilst maintaining its degradability.”
degradosome
  1. (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex, present in most bacteria, that is involved in the degradation of mRNA
degron
  1. A specific sequence of amino acids in a protein that directs the starting place of degradation.
degradomics
  1. (biochemistry) the study of all the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)
degradome
  1. (biochemistry) All the compounds produced in the degradation of a material (especially of a protease)
degradement
  1. Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
degradant
  1. (chemistry) The product of the process of degradation.
degradingness
  1. The state or quality of being degrading.
degrader
  1. One who, or that which, degrades.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And for William Morris, it was industrial capitalism, the great degrader of mankind, which had stripped away man's dignity.”
      “However, oxygen is a powerful degrader of organic compounds.”
      “The efficiency of this process is often connected with high number of degrader microorganisms and their degradative activities in the rhizosphere of plants.”
degradedness
  1. The quality of being degraded.
degradable
  1. Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.
degradabilities
  1. plural of degradability
degradations
  1. plural of degradation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There are stories my mother has told me of the degradations that my grandparents and their ancestors had to go through.”
      “Mass movements against the degradations of the free market have developed in every continent.”
      “Edges are natural, colors solid, the picture free of defects or degradations.”
degradosomes
  1. plural of degradosome
degradables
  1. plural of degradable
degradomes
  1. plural of degradome
degradants
  1. plural of degradant
degraders
  1. plural of degrader
degrons
  1. plural of degron
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