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- Dictionarydecaying/dɪˈkeɪɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. rotting or decomposing through the action of bacteria and fungi: "the odour of decaying fish" Similar
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1 day ago · Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is considered radioactive. Three of the most common types of decay are alpha, beta, and gamma decay.
3 days ago · Plutonium-241 is the parent isotope of the neptunium decay series, decaying to americium-241 via beta emission. [7] [22] Plutonium-238 and 239 are the most widely synthesized isotopes. [8]
1 day ago · A function with this property is called strictly increasing (also increasing ). [3] [4] Again, by inverting the order symbol, one finds a corresponding concept called strictly decreasing (also decreasing ). [3] [4] A function with either property is called strictly monotone.
4 days ago · This detailed study covers the spectrum of decomposition processes, from decaying seaweed to a catastrophe, such as an entire animal herd dying en masse, Benbow said.
4 days ago · After a period of working with resin – a more commercially viable material – Thompson has returned to “the perishable, the decaying, the sticky materials that genuinely excite me.” Her sculptures in Valley of the Dolls are made from wax, soap, vodka, eye shadow, and lipstick – unstable materials that react to time, environment, touch, and even the presence of bodies around them.
2 days ago · For centuries, the prevailing belief in the origins of disease was rooted in the miasma theory, a concept that attributed illnesses such as cholera, the Black Death, and other epidemic diseases to "bad air" or miasmas—noxious vapours thought to emanate from decaying organic matter.
4 days ago · muon, elementary subatomic particle similar to the electron but 207 times heavier. It has two forms, the negatively charged muon and its positively charged antiparticle.
