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degeneracies

degeneracies is the plural of degeneracy.

Meaning of degeneracy

Noun

degeneracy (countable and uncountable, plural degeneracies)

  1. The state of being degenerate (in all senses).
    • If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy.1800, Vicesimus Knox, “Essay XIV (On Novel reading)”, in Essays Moral and Literary, volume I, page 100
  2. The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted.
  3. A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class.

Questions about degeneracies

What is degeneracies the plural of?
Degeneracies is the plural of degeneracy.

Words near degeneracies in the dictionary

  1. degenderized
  2. degenderizes
  3. degenderizing
  4. degenders
  5. degener
  6. degeneracies
  7. degeneracy
  8. degeneralization
  9. degeneralizations
  10. degeneralize
  11. degeneralized

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