decay

Etymology
From, , from , from , etymologically restored form of , from +. Compare and.

Noun

 * 1) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
 * 2) A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
 * 3)  Overthrow, downfall, destruction, ruin.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  Overthrow, downfall, destruction, ruin.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Arabic: نَخْر
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:, hniloba
 * Danish: nedbrydning,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σῆψις
 * Hebrew: דעיכה
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: meath
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: cariēs, tābēs
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Fuulnis
 * Macedonian: распа́ѓање, ра́спад
 * Malayalam: ജീർണ്ണിക്കൽ
 * Maori: hanehane, popo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nedbryting
 * Persian:, واپاشی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crìonadh, mùthadh
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: pugnaw
 * Ukrainian: розклада́ння


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: deteriorament,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, svækkelse
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: meath, meathlú
 * Korean: 쇠약
 * Macedonian: влошу́вање
 * Malayalam: ജീർണ്ണിക്കൽ
 * Ottoman Turkish: خراب
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Irish:

Verb

 * 1)  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)  To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
 * 2)  To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
 * 3)  To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
 * 4)  To rot, to go bad.
 * The cat's body decayed rapidly.
 * 1)  To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
 * 2)  To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
 * 3)  Loss of airspeed due to drag.
 * 4)  To cause to rot or deteriorate.
 * The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
 * 1)  Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
 * The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
 * 1)  Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
 * 1)  Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.

Translations

 * Arabic: اضمحل, تضعضع
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разлагам се, развалям се
 * Catalan:, fer-se malbé
 * Czech: rozkládat se
 * Danish: brydes ned, nedbrydes, forfalde, henfalde
 * Dutch:, in verval raken,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფუჭდება
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: meath, meathlaigh
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam: ജീർണ്ണിക്കുക
 * Maori: taimate, koropungapunga
 * Persian: تباهیدن, واپاشیدن
 * Portuguese: decompor-se,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , , tackla av
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * French: se désintégrer
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: розпада́тися, розпа́стися


 * Arabic:
 * Georgian:, ,
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (1), (2)
 * Korean:
 * Swedish: