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Word Entries containing the term: “degradation”
biodegradation, biological degradation
1. The series of processes by which living systems render chemicals less noxious to the environment.
2. The breakdown of organic materials into simple chemicals by biochemical processes..
This entry is located in the following units: bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical (page 10) grad-, -grade, -gred, -gree, -gress (page 1)
solar degradation
A deterioration of materials which is produced by their exposures to solar energy.
This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 86) grad-, -grade, -gred, -gree, -gress (page 7) sol-, soli-, solo- + (page 3)