Sekirov Dictionary

degenerate

/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/

adjective 7
noun 1
/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ verb 2
forms 5

adjective7

Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
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Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.
- Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King, / In whose cold blood no sparke of Honor bides. — 1591
Having lost functionality in general.
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Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
- The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.
Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.
Having the same quantum energy level.
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Qualitatively different, usually simpler, than typical objects of its class.
- A degenerate circle, having radius zero, consists of a single point.

noun1

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One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
- In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.

degenerate

/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/

verb2

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To lose good or desirable qualities.
- His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

forms

degenerated · degenerating · degenerates · more degenerate · most degenerate

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