Degenerate

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English

Etymology

< Latin degeneratus, pp. of degenerare (“‘to degenerate’”) < degener (“‘ignoble’”) < de (“‘from, down’”) + genus (“‘race, kind’”); see genus, general.

Adjective

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1. (of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to an undesirable and typically abnormal
2. (of a human or system) having lost good or desirable qualities
3. (of an encoding or function) 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.

4. (mathematics) a degenerate case is a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class.

Derived terms

• Template:Physics degenerate matter

Translations

having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal

Bulgarian: изроден bg(bg), дегенерирал bg(bg) Chinese: 惡化 cmn(cmn) 墮落 cmn(cmn) 變質 cmn(cmn)

Hebrew: מנוון (menuvan) Polish: degenerat pl(pl) m.

having lost good or desirable qualities

Polish: degenerat pl(pl) m.

having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range

Noun

Singular Degenerate

Plural {{{1}}}

Degenerate ({{{1}}})

1. One is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.

   You are a degenerate, boy. You're a disgrace to your ancestors.

Verb

Infinitive to Degenerate

Third person singular degenerat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Degenerate (third-person singular simple present degenerat, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) (of humans or systems) to lose good or desirable qualities;

   His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.

Derived terms

• degeneration

Translations

to lose good or desirable qualities

Bulgarian: израждам се bg(bg), дегенерирам bg(bg) Chinese: 惡化 cmn(cmn) French: dégénérer fr(fr)

Ido: degenerar Italian: degenerare it(it) Polish: degenerować się pl(pl)

External links

• Degenerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Degenerate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Adjective

degenerate f.

1. Feminine plural form of degenerato

Noun

degenerate f.

1. Plural form of degenerata.

Verb

degenerate

1. Second-person plural present tense of degenerare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of degenerare#Italian.
3. Feminine plural of degenerato.

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