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decay verb addle, atrophy, be reduced in worth, beeome enfeebled, become lower in quality, become putressent, blight, break down, break up, canker, consume, corrode, corrupt, crumble, decline, decompose, decompound, depreciate, deteriorate, dilapidate, disintegrate, fade, fail, fall apart, fall to pieces, grow worse, languish, molder, render putrid, retrograde, retrogress, rot, ruin, shrivel, sink, spoil, waste away, wear away, wither, worsen See also: caducity, consumption, contaminate, corrupt, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, deterioration, detriment, disintegrate, disrepair, dissolution, disuse, ebb, erode, erosion, impair, languish, prostration, spoil, spoilage, taint, wear and tear How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The particles decayed quickly, and by carefully measuring the energies of decay products, the scientists calculated the phi mesons' masses. We have designed an experiment to maximize the solid angle for detection of all decay products (apart from the antineutrino) and to reduce the probability of correlated background events. The isotope Bismuth-213, the radioactive decay product of Actinium-225, has shown promising results in research into new treatments for two deadly cancers, lymphoma and leukemia. |
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