degeneracy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
degeneracy
n.
degradation, deterioration; decline, descent; deviance; state of having low moral values
Degeneracy
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degeneracy
Noun
1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
(synonym) degeneration, decadence, decadency
(hypernym) abasement, degradation, abjection
2. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"
(synonym) corruption, depravity
(hypernym) immorality
Degeneracy
(a.)
The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
(a.)
The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Degeneracy
A feature of the genetic code that more than one nucleotide triplet codes for the same amino acid. The same applies to the termination signal which is encoded by three different stop codons.
