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decay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decay may refer to: Bit decay, in computing Software decay, in computing Distance decay, in geography Decay...

consider the case of a chain of two decays: one nuclide A decaying into another B by one process, then B decaying into another C by a second process,...

of protons to neutrons. The probability of a nuclide decaying due to beta and other forms of decay is determined by its nuclear binding energy. The binding...

more intuitive characteristic of exponential decay for many people is the time required for the decaying quantity to fall to one half of its initial value...

In particle physics, proton decay is a hypothetical form of particle decay in which the proton decays into lighter subatomic particles, such as a neutral...

The Years of Decay is the fourth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill, released on October 13, 1989 through Atlantic and Megaforce Records. It is...

The decay energy is the energy change of a nucleus having undergone a radioactive decay. Radioactive decay is the process in which an unstable atomic nucleus...

Tooth decay, also known as cavities or caries, is the breakdown of teeth due to acids produced by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different...

decay. Radioactive decay often proceeds via a sequence of steps (decay chain). For example, 238U decays to 234Th which decays to 234mPa which decays,...

state that it can decay into. Unstable particles will often have multiple ways of decaying, each with its own associated probability. Decays are mediated by...

Orbital decay is a gradual decrease of the distance between two orbiting bodies at their closest approach (the periapsis) over many orbital periods. These...

"The Decay of Lying – An Observation" is an essay by Oscar Wilde included in his collection of essays titled Intentions, published in 1891. This is a...

Carrion (from Latin caro 'meat'), also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals. Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores...

areas suffering from industrial decline, high unemployment, poverty, and a decaying physical environment (sometimes including contaminated land and obsolete...

State of Decay is a series of third-person survival horror video games. The series was created by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios. To date...

"Trace Decay" is the eighth episode in the first season of the HBO science fiction western thriller television series Westworld. The episode aired on...

decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or "decays"...

2012. [The tracks] were on my hard drive – pieces of art that were just decaying with time. So I thought 'let's just get them out there.' There wasn't a...

is uranium (atomic number 92) decaying into thorium (atomic number 90). The daughter isotope may be stable or it may decay to form a daughter isotope of...

The Decay of the Angel (天人五衰, Tennin Gosui) is a novel by Yukio Mishima and is the fourth and last in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published...