English Dictionary: deteriorate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Hydrarthrosis \[d8]Hy`drar*thro"sis\, n. [NL. See {Hydro-}, 1, and {Arthrosis}.] (Med.) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Hydrorhiza \[d8]Hy`dro*rhi"za\, n.; pl. L. {Hydrorhiz[91]}, E. {Hydrorhizas}. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. [?] a root.] (Zo[94]l.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under {Hydroidea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. --Goldsmith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deteriorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deteriorating}.] [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. --Southey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deteriorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deteriorating}.] [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. --Southey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deteriorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deteriorating}.] [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. --Southey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deterioration \De*te`ri*o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. deterioratio: cf. F. d[82]t[82]rioration.] The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deteriority \De*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [L. deterior worse. See {Deteriorate}.] Worse state or quality; inferiority. [bd]The deteriority of the diet.[b8] [R.] --Ray. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
data hierarchy The system of data objects which provide the {method}s for {information} storage and retrieval. Broadly, a data hierarchy may be considered to be either natural, which arises from the alphabet or syntax of the language in which the information is expressed, or machine, which reflects the facilities of the computer, both hardware and software. A natural data hierarchy might consist of {bits}, {characters}, words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters. One might use components bound to an application, such as field, record, and file, and these would ordinarily be further specified by having {data descriptors} such as name field, address field, etc. On the other hand, a machine or software system might use {bit}, {byte}, {word}, {block}, {partition}, {channel}, and {port}. Programming languages often provide {types} or {objects} which can create data hierarchies of arbitrary complexity, thus allowing software system designers to model language structures described by the linguist to greater or lesser degree. The distinction between the natural form of data and the facilities provided by the machine may be obscure, because users force their needs into the molds provided, and programmers change machine designs. As an example, the natural data type "character" and the machine type "byte" are often used interchangably, because the latter has evolved to meet the need of representing the former. (1995-11-03) |