Urban Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town. | | 3. | characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified: He is an urban type. | |
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Decay Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying. | | 2. | to decline in excellence, prosperity, health, etc.; deteriorate. | | 3. | Physics. (of a radioactive nucleus) to change spontaneously into one or more different nuclei in a process in which atomic particles, as alpha particles, are emitted from the nucleus, electrons are captured or lost, or fission takes place. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to cause to decay or decompose; rot: The dampness of the climate decayed the books. | –noun | 5. | decomposition; rot: Decay made the wood unsuitable for use. | | 6. | a gradual falling into an inferior condition; progressive decline: the decay of international relations; the decay of the Aztec civilizations. | | 7. | decline in or loss of strength, health, intellect, etc.: His mental decay is distressing. | | 8. | Also called disintegration, radioactive decay. Physics. a radioactive process in which a nucleus undergoes spontaneous transformation into one or more different nuclei and simultaneously emits radiation, loses electrons, or undergoes fission. | | 9. | Aerospace. the progressive, accelerating reduction in orbital parameters, particularly apogee and perigee, of a spacecraft due to atmospheric drag. | |
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