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deterioration

noun
/dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/UK/dəˌti.ɹi.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from détérioration

Definitions

  1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

    • From 1945 onwards, deterioration in the condition of the brickwork in the arch soffits was kept under close observation, and in 1951 it was decided that strengthening must be undertaken.
    • The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.
    • "The quantum sensors will provide highly accurate measurements that will help to detect the rate of change of the track and subsequently, any deteriorations which might lead to faults."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deterioration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01deterioration02grown03grow04growth05resilience06failure07failed08decayed09decay

A definitional loop anchored at deterioration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at deterioration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA