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Meanings of degradation in English

Portuguese
aviltamento
Catalan
abjecció
Spanish
degradación

The act of abasing.

aviltamento
Russian
деградация
Catalan
decaïment

Process in which an object loses its desirable qualities over time.

деградация

Lowering of a fluvial surface, such as a stream bed or floodplain, through erosional processes.

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Usage of degradation in English
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However, there is serious degradation caused by corroding metal throughout the vessel.
The Irish Times
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However, ChtII's role in chitin degradation during insect development remains poorly understood.
Pubmed
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Where water becomes scarcer due to climate change, land degradation could worsen.
The South African
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Thus degradation of proteoglycan may be a necessary step prior to calcification.
Pubmed
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In fact, further degradation of bilateral cooperation is becoming inevitable, Kosachyov said.
Reuters
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We look for the spirit precisely in the place of greatest degradation.
Fugitive pieces
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The degradation rates of the glasses investigated decreased with increasing MgO content.
Pubmed
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It is the intellect opposed to darkness; the soul opposed to degradation.
Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachuset...
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Results: Twenty-five metabolites were recognised associated with various biosynthetic and degradation pathways.
Pubmed
10
China still grapples with endemic issues of corruption, inequity and environmental degradation.
The Guardian
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However, they do not predict further functional degradation in patients with AD.
Pubmed
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Through strong female characters she explores inequality, gender politics and environmental degradation.
The Guardian
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Increasing evidence has supported the role of SPP in ER-associated protein degradation.
Pubmed
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This mutation causes both the protein trafficking defect and an early degradation.
Pubmed
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These results suggest that induction of autophagy leads to degradation of Bcl-2.
Pubmed
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NOR produced five degradation products, with pathways mainly comprising hydroxylation and defluorination.
Pubmed
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Degradation through the time
Degradation across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common