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degenerate adjective

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/<q:verb> , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
 degeneratiivinen
  • (physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
 degeneroitunut
  • (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
  • (of a person or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.
 rappeutunut, rappio-, rappioitunut

degenerate verb

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/<q:verb> , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
 degeneroitua, rappeutua, rappioitua, degeneroida, rappeuttaa, rappioittaa

degeneration noun

  /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
 rappeutuminen
  • (uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
 degeneraatio, rappeutuminen
  • (uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
  • (countable) A thing that has degenerated.
 rappeuma

degenerate noun

  /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/<q:verb> , /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
  • One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
 rappioitunut, rappioyksilö
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