degeneracy
degeneracy
Definition
de·gen·era·cy (di jen′ər ə sē)
noun
- the state of being degenerate
- the process of degenerating
- pl. degeneracies -·cies a degenerate action
degeneracy
Synonyms
degeneracy
n.
Deterioration
degeneration, decline, decadence; see decay 1.Perversion
depravity, debasement, turpitude; see evil 1, perversion 2.
degeneracy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- state: Symmetric dimers seemed unlikely, as the surface would become metallic due to the degeneracy of surface states.
- time: But, as ever, it does end with a lament on the degeneracy of the times in which we live.
- code: The degeneracy of the code allows for alternative DNA sequences for a single protein.
- line: The degeneracy of the common lines is compensated in several ways.
Converse of object
- break: There are other ways to look at the complexity of the music, which might break this degeneracy and tell you more interesting things.
- have: If we have degeneracy then we won't necessarily have solutions with definite parity.
- calculate: Write down the possible nuclear spin states for H 2 and hence calculate the nuclear spin degeneracy of ortho and para-H 2.
Adjective modifier
- moral: Liberals live only in their own reality, and seek to transpose their own moral degeneracy upon everyone else.
- national: In fact, the position has long since passed far beyond the limits of ordinary law-breaking and become an exhibition of national degeneracy.
- spiritual: Conversely today's spiritual degeneracy is having negative effects.
- total: But, just when the crowd was hoping for total degeneracy, Louise pulled herself together and finished.
Modifies a noun
- ratio: This is because the system behaves almost like a two level system with a high degeneracy ratio.
- pressure: Degeneracy The star is prevented from further collapse by degeneracy pressure.
- thesis: The degeneracy thesis was first prompted toward the end of the 18th century by Count Buffon's research in natural history.
- factor: Luckily, the factor is just the degeneracy factor, so the integrand is a simple exponential.
Noun used with modifier
- spin: Write down the possible nuclear spin states for H 2 and hence calculate the nuclear spin degeneracy of ortho and para-H 2.
- electron: Above the Chandrasekhar mass ( 1.4 solar masses ) the electron degeneracy can no longer support white dwarfs.
- codon: Codon degeneracy 2. 5. Construction of ancestral sequences by parsimony procedures 2.6.
Browse dictionary entries near degeneracy
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