Science / Chemistry / Degenerate: A set of orbitals are said to be degenerate if they all have the same energy. This degeneracy can sometimes be 'lifted' by external electric or magnetic fields.
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Degenerate Verb Synonyms: debased, degraded, corrupt, corrupted, vitiated, decadent, depraved, reprobate, dissolute, ignoble, base, low, inferior, vile
Degenerate Adjective Synonyms: decline, deteriorate, decay, sink, worsen, backslide, regress, retrogress, weaken, go to the dogs, go to rack and ruin, go to pot
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Science / Genetics / Degenerate Codon: A codon that specifies the same amino acid as another codon. MORE
Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Okanagan Riesling: This 'provenance unknown' grape is reported by some to be a cold-hardy native American labrusca hybrid. Alternatively, Canadian viticulturists believe it to be a V. Berlandieri x V. Riparia cross vari MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Heriot: (Anglo-Saxon here + geatwe, 'army-gear') Heriot has two different meanings, depending upon whether we speak of the early Anglo-Saxon period or the later part of the medieval period. (1) In its earlies MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Noble Savage: Typically, the depiction of Amerindians, indigenous African tribesmen, and Australian bushmen results in two sharply opposing stereotypes as follows: (1) When 'civilized' races dwell in close proximit MORE
Science / Biology / Viroids: Infective forms of nucleic acid without a protective coat of protein; unencapsulated single-stranded RNA molecules. Naked RNA, possibly of degenerated virus, that infects plants. MORE
Science / Biology / Megaspores: Four haploid cells produced by meiosis in the ovule of a fiower. Usually, three of these cells degenerate, with the remaining cell becoming the female gametophyte phase of the plants life cycle. Large MORE