decay englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
(intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
(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.
(intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
(intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
(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.
(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.
(transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.

I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years.
The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
Damaged on lift-off, Skylab was left in orbit until its orbit decayed.
The cat's body decayed rapidly.
Uranium decays to radium through a long series of steps with a cumulative half-life of 4.4 billion years.
The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
Infirmity, that decays the wise.
the decay of the Roman empire

Partisiipin perfekti	decayed
Imperfekti	decayed
Partisiipin preesens	decaying
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	decays
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	decayeth (vanhentunut)

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