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biodegradation: degradation or decomposition by means of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms by which complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler molecules
Category: Environment

biodegradation: The decomposition of chemical substances in the environment through biological processes
Category: Management in the public and private sector

degradation: a) any significant reduction in the fertility of a soil, whether in the course of its natural development or by direct or indirect human action; b) the changing of a soil to a more highly leached and more highly weathered condition, generally accompanied by morphological changes, e.g. development of an A2 horizon (USA)
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

degradation: breaking down of complex substances to simpler ones as a result of, for example, chemical or biological processes
Category: Chemistry

degradation: parameter variation of semiconductor material due to manufacture process
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

degradation: the lowering of performance and/or quality
Category: Transport

degradation: a special condition when a system continues to operate,but at reduced levels of service.Such circumstances are usually caused by unavailability of various equipment units or subsystems
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

degradation: failure of a superconductor to carry the current which would be expected from a knowledge of the critical current-field relationship of that material
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

degradation: the breakdown of complex organic structures to simpler compounds by the influence of bacteria,usually accelerated by oxygen and sunlight
Category: Chemistry

degradation: loss of energy by particles or photons as the result of collision
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

degradation: the replacement of Na ions by H ions which tends to render the base-exchange material of the soil chemically unstable
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

degradation: the general lowering of land surfaces by erosion
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

degradation: the deterioration or decrease in the quality,level,or standard of performance of a functional unit
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

degradation: for open-graded base, aggregate -- caused by mechanical breakdown during compaction or under traffic loading can have adverse effects.
Category: Building industry

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