decays
Meaning of decays
verb
- 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.
- (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
The cat's body decayed rapidly.
- (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
- (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- To cause to rot or deteriorate.
The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
Information about decays
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of decays is: decay.
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Hyphenation of decays
de-cays
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- decays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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