/dɪˈkeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>) Having undergone <span class="searchmatch">decay</span>, rotted. The <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span> remains of the pilot's...
was left in orbit until its orbit <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>. (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad. The cat's body <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span> rapidly. (intransitive, transitive...
From <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> + -ing. <span class="searchmatch">decaying</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> <span class="searchmatch">decaying</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">decayings</span>) The process of undergoing <span class="searchmatch">decay</span>. 1839, William Jenkyn,...
<span class="searchmatch">decay</span> Wikipedia alpha <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> (plural alpha <span class="searchmatch">decays</span>) (physics) radioactive <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> by emitting an alpha particle. Forms of radioactive <span class="searchmatch">decay</span>: beta <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> electron...
dunot <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>; rotten dunot <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>, rotten <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span> (tooth) dunot <span class="searchmatch">decayed</span>, rotten, spoiled...
article on: <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> chain Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> chain (plural <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> chains) (nuclear physics) A series of nuclides, such that one nuclide radioactively <span class="searchmatch">decays</span> into another...
From <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">decayable</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">decayable</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">decayable</span>) Capable of <span class="searchmatch">decaying</span>; perishable. undecayable...
From <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">decayer</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">decayers</span>) That which causes <span class="searchmatch">decay</span>. “<span class="searchmatch">decayer</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. &...
disintegrate into one or more other nuclei. (types of <span class="searchmatch">decay</span>): alpha <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> beta <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> electron capture gamma <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> spontaneous fission physical process becquerel...
English Wikipedia has an article on: beta <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> Wikipedia beta <span class="searchmatch">decay</span> (countable and uncountable, plural beta <span class="searchmatch">decays</span>) (nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction...