adj
Meaning 1
Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
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adj
Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
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adj
Having a complementary qubit channel and some third noise channel, such that adding the noise to the original channel replicates the complementary channel.
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noun
Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.
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History
Etymology tree English degrade Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English degradable From degrade + -able.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.