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Revision as of 23:24, 13 December 2012

English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) decair, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin *(deprecated template usage) decadere, restored form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) decidere, from (deprecated template usage) de + (deprecated template usage) cadere; compare (deprecated template usage) decadent and (deprecated template usage) decadence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

decay (uncountable)

  1. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
      Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. 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. Is reminded me of a sepia painting I had once seen done from the ink of a fossil Belemnite that must have perished and become fossilized millions of years ago. I was about to throw this camphor on one side, and then remembering that it was inflammable and burnt with a good bright flame, I put it into my pocket.
  2. A deterioration of condition.

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Verb

decay (third-person singular simple present decays, present participle decaying, simple past and past participle decayed)

  1. Template:intransitive To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
    The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
    1. Template:intransitive To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
    2. Template:intransitive To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment,so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
    3. Template:intransitive To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbitted body).
      2009, Francis Lyall, Paul B. Larsen, Space Law: A Treatise, page 120:
      • Damaged on lift-off, Skylab was left in orbit until its orbit decayed.
  2. Template:intransitive To rot, to go bad.
    The cat's body decayed rapidly.
  3. Template:intransitive To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
    • 2005, Encyclopedia of Earth Science (edited by Timothy M. Kusky; ISBN 0-8160-4973-4), page 349:
      Uranium decays to radium through a long series of steps with a cumulative half-life of 4.4 billion years.
  4. Template:intransitive To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
  5. Template:aviation (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  6. Template:transitive To cause to rot or deteriorate.
    The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.

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