degradation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	English	German
	breakdown; decomposition; degradation (of sth.)	Abbau {m}; Zersetzung {f}; Degradierung {f} (von etw.) [chem.] [biol.]
	bacterial degradation	bakterieller Abbau
	biological breakdown/degradation; biodegradation	biologischer Abbau
	chemical breakdown/diegradation	chemischer Abbau
	photochemical breakdown/degradation; photodegradation	photochemischer Abbau; Abbau durch Licht
	metabolic breakdown	metabolischer Abbau
	thermal degradation	thermischer Abbau
	bacterial decomposition	Abbau durch Bakterien
	degradation/downgrade stage; degenerate phase (in a succession)	Abbauphase {f}; Abbaustadium {n} [biol.] [chem.]
	degradation/downgrade stages; degenerate phases	Abbauphasen {pl}; Abbaustadien {pl}
	degradation	Degradierung {f} [mil.] [adm.]
	degradations	Degradierungen {pl}
	degradation; vertical erosion	Tiefenerosion {f}
	degradation capacity	Abbauleistung {f} [chem.]
	degradation reaction; degradative reaction	Abbaureaktion {f} [biol.] [chem.]
	degradation reactions; degradative reactions	Abbaureaktionen {pl}
	degradation process; degradative process	Abbauvorgang {m}; Abbauprozess {m} [biol.] [chem.]
	degradation processes; degradative processes	Abbauvorgänge {pl}; Abbauprozesse {pl}
	degradation factor	Abbauwert {m}
	degradation factors	Abbauwerte {pl}
	degradation stretch	Eintiefungsstrecke {f}
	degradation of religious symbols (criminal offence)	Herabwürdigung {f} religiöser Symbole (Straftatbestand)
	removal; abrasion; erosion; denudation; degradation; wearing away [down]; stripping; truncation	Abtragung {f}; Denudation {f} [geol.]
	areal degradation	flächenhafte Abtragung
	glacial erosion	glaziale Abtragung
	rate of decomposition/degradation; decomposition/degradation rate	Abbaugeschwindigkeit {f}; Abbaurate {f} [biol.] [chem.]
	breakdown/decomposition/degradation product	Abbauprodukt {n} [biol.] [chem.]
	breakdown/decomposition/degradation products	Abbauprodukte {pl}
	step in degradation/decomposition	Abbaustufe {f}; Abbauschritt {m} [biol.] [chem.]
	steps in degradation/decomposition	Abbaustufen {pl}; Abbauschritte {pl}
	soil degradation	Bodendegradation {f}; Schädigung {f} des Bodens [envir.]
	degradation	Entwürdigung {f}
	degradation	Erosion {f}
	pesticide degradation	Pestizidabbau {m} [envir.]
	digestion; mircobiological breakdown/degradation	mikrobieller Abbau {m}; mikrobiologischer Abbau {m} [biochem.]
	aerobic/anaerobic digestion	aerober/anaerober mikrobieller Abbau
	soil degradation	Bodendegradation {f} [biochem.]
	reduction; degradation	Abnahme {f}
	abrasion; attrition; degradation	Abrasion {f} [geol.]
	glacial abrasion	glaziale Abrasion
	abrasion; attrition; degradation	Abrieb {m} [geol.]
	weathering; decay; surface disintegration	Verwitterung {f} [geol.]
	cavernous weathering	Verwitterung von innen heraus
	carbonation	Verwitterung zu Karbonaten
	chemical weathering; decomposition; efflorescence	chemische Verwitterung
	immature weathering	frische Verwitterung
	humic decomposition	humose Verwitterung
	concentric weathering; speroidal weathering	kug(e)lige Verwitterung
	mechanical weathering; physical weathering; disintegration; disaggregation	mechanische Verwitterung
	onion weathering	schalige Verwitterung
	degradation	stufenweise Verwitterung
	submarine weathering; halmyro(ly)sis	submarine Verwitterung; Halmyrolyse {f}