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degeneracy
If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting. -
degenerate state
a state of a system characterized by a set of quantum numbers and represented by an eigenfunction. The energy of each state is precise within the limits imposed by the uncertainty principle but may be changed by applying a field of force. States that have the same energy are called degenerate -
degenerate matter
the highly compressed state of matter, esp in white dwarfs and neutron stars, supported against gravitational collapse by quantum mechanical effects -
derogate
to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract -
deteriorate
If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way. -
dwindle
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.