degradación

f.

degradation, abasement, corruption, degeneracy.

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degradación

► nombre femenino

1 degradation, debasement

2 MILITAR demotion

3 ARTE gradation

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SF

1) (=deterioro) [de la salud] deterioration; [del litoral] deterioration, degradation frm; [de calidad] worsening, decline

2) (=bajeza) degradation

3) (Mil) demotion

4) (Geol) impoverishment

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femenino

a) (Mil) demotion

b) (envilecimiento) degradation

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= cheapening, deterioration, debasement, degradation, downgrading.

Ex. The cheapening process takes place when we just use the work at hand and don't do any additional work.

Ex. And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.

Ex. Duplication of publications, debasement of quality, misleading titles, and an unplanned, uncoordinated and piecemeal growth of secondary publications are part and parcel of this information indiscipline.

Ex. This article describes how the property of chemiluminescence -- the faint emission of light from organic materials undergoing oxidisation -- may be used to measure the rate of degradation of paper.

Ex. Children's librarians have perpetuated beliefs and behaviour patterns that may lead to the elimination, downgrading or ostracism of children's services.

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* degradación del clima = climate deterioration.

* degradación del suelo = land degradation.

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femenino

a) (Mil) demotion

b) (envilecimiento) degradation

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= cheapening, deterioration, debasement, degradation, downgrading.

Ex: The cheapening process takes place when we just use the work at hand and don't do any additional work.

Ex: And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.

Ex: Duplication of publications, debasement of quality, misleading titles, and an unplanned, uncoordinated and piecemeal growth of secondary publications are part and parcel of this information indiscipline.

Ex: This article describes how the property of chemiluminescence -- the faint emission of light from organic materials undergoing oxidisation -- may be used to measure the rate of degradation of paper.

Ex: Children's librarians have perpetuated beliefs and behaviour patterns that may lead to the elimination, downgrading or ostracism of children's services.

* degradación del clima = climate deterioration.

* degradación del suelo = land degradation.

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degradación

feminine

1 (Mil) demotion

2 (envilecimiento) degradation

3 (Quím) degradation, decomposition

4 (de monumentos) decay

5 (de la salud, las facultades mentales) decline

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degradación sustantivo femenino degradation
'degradación' also found in these entries:
English:
demotion

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degradación nf

1. [moral] degradation

2. [física] [de medio ambiente, naturaleza] degradation;

[de calidad, servicio, producto] deterioration

3. [de mando militar, cargo] demotion

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degradación

f

1 degradation

2 MIL demotion

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degradación nf, pl -ciones

1) : degradation

2) : demotion