Definitions from Wiktionary (decay)
▸ noun: (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
▸ noun: a gradual decrease of a stored charge, magnetic flux, current, etc.
▸ noun: progressive change in the path of an earth-orbiting satellite due to atmospheric drag.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, destruction, ruin.
▸ noun: (programming) The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
▸ verb: (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
▸ verb: (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
▸ verb: (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
▸ verb: (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
▸ verb: (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
▸ verb: (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
▸ noun: A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune. [(nuclear physics) Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more other nuclei.]
▸ noun: (physics) Short for radioactive decay. [(nuclear physics) Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more other nuclei.]
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▸ noun: (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
▸ noun: a gradual decrease of a stored charge, magnetic flux, current, etc.
▸ noun: progressive change in the path of an earth-orbiting satellite due to atmospheric drag.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, destruction, ruin.
▸ noun: (programming) The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
▸ verb: (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
▸ verb: (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
▸ verb: (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
▸ verb: (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
▸ verb: (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
▸ verb: (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
▸ noun: A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune. [(nuclear physics) Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more other nuclei.]
▸ noun: (physics) Short for radioactive decay. [(nuclear physics) Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more other nuclei.]
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