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deterioration [di‚tir·ē·ə′rā·shən] (engineering) Decline in the quality of equipment or structures over a period of time due to the chemical or physical action of the environment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| No sooner can a slave society be organized than deterioration sets in. Admitting this to have been an ex- traordinary case of mental deterioration, it proves at least that the white slave can sink as low in the scale of humanity as the black one. "Moral deterioration has set in already," he remarked. |
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