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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  decay
       
          [Nuclear physics] An automatic conversion which is applied to
          most array-valued expressions in C; they "decay into"
          pointer-valued expressions pointing to the array's first
          element.  This term is not used in the official standard for
          the language.
       
          [{Jargon File]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
     to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
     Chance.]
     To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
     to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
     away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
     disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
     decay; hopes decay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
           Where wealth accumulates and men decay.  --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, v. t.
     1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Infirmity, that decays the wise.      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To destroy. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, n.
     1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness,
        prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection;
        tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption;
        rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the
        body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire;
        a castle in decay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Perhaps my God, though he be far before,
              May turn, and take me by the hand, and more 
              May strengthen my decays.             --Herbert.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to
              intellectual decay.                   --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Which has caused the decay of the consonants to
              follow somewhat different laws.       --James Byrne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Cause of decay. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers,
              is the decay of the whole age.        --Bacon.
  
     Syn: Decline; consumption. See Decline.
          [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  decay n.,vi [from nuclear physics] An automatic conversion which is
     applied to most array-valued expressions in C; they `decay into'
     pointer-valued expressions pointing to the array's first element. This
     term is borderline techspeak, but is not used in the official standard
     for the language.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d['e]choir,
     to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See
     Chance.]
     To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state,
     to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste
     away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or
     disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes
     decay; hopes decay.
  
           Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
           wealth accumulates and men decay.        --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, v. t.
     1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]
  
              Infirmity, that decays the wise.      --Shak.
  
     2. To destroy. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Decay \De*cay"\, n.
     1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness,
        prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection;
        tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption;
        rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the
        body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire;
        a castle in decay.
  
              Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn,
              and take me by the hand, and more - May strengthen
              my decays.                            --Herbert.
  
              His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to
              intellectual decay.                   --Macaulay.
  
              Which has caused the decay of the consonants to
              follow somewhat different laws.       --James Byrne.
  
     2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     3. Cause of decay. [R.]
  
              He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers,
              is the decay of the whole age.        --Bacon.
  
     Syn: Decline; consumption. See Decline.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  decay
       n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior
       2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decline]
       3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decomposition]
       4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;
          "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house
          had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
       5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
          along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: radioactive
          decay, disintegration]
       v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the
            particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission
            process" [syn: disintegrate, decompose]
       2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to
          decay" [syn: crumble, delapidate]
       3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay
          and needed to be cremated"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 παρακμάζω, φθίνω, σαπίζω
     2 αποσυντίθεμαι
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 παρακμάζω, φθίνω, σαπίζω
     2 αποσυντίθεμαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     n.
     1 The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
     2 A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
     3 (lb en obsolete) overthrow, downfall, ruin.
     4 (lb en programming) The situation, in programming languages such as
  C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a
  pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength
  or health, to decline in quality.
     2 # (lb en intransitive electronics of storage media or the data on
  them) To undergo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bit%20rot, that is,
  gradual degradation.
     3 # (lb en intransitive computing of software) To undergo
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software%20rot, that is, to fail to be
  updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or
  obsolete.
     4 # (lb en intransitive physics of a satellite's orbit) To undergo
  prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     n.
     1 The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
     2 A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
     3 (lb en obsolete) overthrow, downfall, ruin.
     4 (lb en programming) The situation, in programming languages such as
  C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a
  pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength
  or health, to decline in quality.
     2 # (lb en intransitive electronics of storage media or the data on
  them) To undergo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bit%20rot, that is,
  gradual degradation.
     3 # (lb en intransitive computing of software) To undergo
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software%20rot, that is, to fail to be
  updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or
  obsolete.
     4 # (lb en intransitive physics of a satellite's orbit) To undergo
  prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     n.
     1 The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
     2 A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
     3 (lb en obsolete) overthrow, downfall, ruin.
     4 (lb en programming) The situation, in programming languages such as
  C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a
  pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength
  or health, to decline in quality.
     2 # (lb en intransitive electronics of storage media or the data on
  them) To undergo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bit%20rot, that is,
  gradual degradation.
     3 # (lb en intransitive computing of software) To undergo
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software%20rot, that is, to fail to be
  updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or
  obsolete.
     4 # (lb en intransitive physics of a satellite's orbit) To undergo
  prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     n.
     1 The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
     2 A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
     3 (lb en obsolete) overthrow, downfall, ruin.
     4 (lb en programming) The situation, in programming languages such as
  C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a
  pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength
  or health, to decline in quality.
     2 # (lb en intransitive electronics of storage media or the data on
  them) To undergo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bit%20rot, that is,
  gradual degradation.
     3 # (lb en intransitive computing of software) To undergo
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software%20rot, that is, to fail to be
  updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or
  obsolete.
     4 # (lb en intransitive physics of a satellite's orbit) To undergo
  prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     Englanti n.
     1 rappeutuneisuus, pilaantuneisuus, mätäneminen
     2 hammasmätä
     Englanti vb.
     1 rappeutua
     2 pilaantua, mädätä, turmella, kuluttaa, mädättää, lahottaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  decay
     Engelska n.
     1 avtynande
     2 (tagg fysik språk=en) sönderfall
     Engelska vb.
     1 förfalla (?: Jag får intrycket av att "förfall" i detta
  fallet bara är en sociologisk/filosofisk (eller nåt...) term. Stämmer
  det?)
     2 förmultna, ruttna; brytas ner
     3 (tagg fysik språk=en) sönderfalla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/
  bederf

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Decay /dɪkˈeɪ/
  الإنحطاط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  decay //di.ˈkeɪ// //dɪˈkeɪ// 
  1. влошаване
  deterioration of condition
  2. разлагане
  process or result of being gradually decomposed

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  decay //di.ˈkeɪ// //dɪˈkeɪ// 
  развалям се, разлагам се
  to deteriorate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  kazit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  úpadek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  tlít

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  kazit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  hnít

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/
  rozpad

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/
  rozkládat se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/
  rozklad

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  braenu

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  decay /dɪkˈeɪ/ 
  adfeilio