Deterioration
[dɪ,tɪərɪə'reɪʃn] or [dɪ,tɪrɪə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) process of changing to an inferior state.
(noun.) a symptom of reduced quality or strength.
Checked by Irving--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
Edited by Lilian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Debasement, degradation, depravation, degeneracy, degenerateness, vitiation, perversion.
Typed by Abe
Examples
- There is no corrosion, oxidization or other form of deterioration. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts. Plato. The Republic.
- The active metals of the electrodes--which will oxidize and reduce in this electrolyte without dissolution or chemical deterioration--are nickel and iron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By another modification of the hydraulic press pipes and cables are covered with a coating of lead to prevent deterioration from rust and other causes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Are successfully preserved for a length of time from decomposition or deterioration by means of salicylic acid. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There has been a deterioration in the quality of British imperialism in relation to subject peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The former according to him encourage s the deterioration of humanity; the latter promotes advancement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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