degradableadj.

/dɪˈɡreɪdəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < degrade v. + -able suffix.

Capable of being degraded. spec. Susceptible to chemical or biological degradation (cf. biodegradable adj.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > susceptible to decomposition

disintegrable1794

biodegradable?1959

degradable1963

1867 H. Kingsley Silcote (1876) xxxvii. 255 The labourer..is undegradable, being in a chronic state of bankruptcy.]

1963 Economist 22 June 1257/1 The detergent industry is..spending $5 million a year to find a more soluble, or ‘degradable’, ‘surface active ingredient’.

1971 Sci. News 7 Aug. 92 Public indignation over litter and garbage has caused industry to ask chemists whether self-destroying, or quickly degradable, plastics might be devised to replace indestructible, unburnable and incompressible glass, aluminum and plastics.

Derivatives

degradaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decomposition, melting, or crumbling away > susceptibility to

biodegradability1960

degradability1969

1969 Rep. Secretary's Comm. Pesticides (U.S. Dept. Health) ii. 141 The problem to the consumer..depends upon the degradability of the pesticide.

1971 Nature 2 Apr. 326/1 Concern about the persistence of some insecticides in mammals and in the environment has stimulated a consideration of the degradability of widely used compounds.

1974 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 2/6 Assuming that five per cent of the refuse were to be composted it would cost 10 times as much to introduce degradability..as would be saved on the compost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	degradable
释义	degradableadj. /dɪˈɡreɪdəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < degrade v. + -able suffix. Capable of being degraded. spec. Susceptible to chemical or biological degradation (cf. biodegradable adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decomposed > susceptible to decomposition disintegrable1794 biodegradable?1959 degradable1963 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote (1876) xxxvii. 255 The labourer..is undegradable, being in a chronic state of bankruptcy.] 1963 Economist 22 June 1257/1 The detergent industry is..spending $5 million a year to find a more soluble, or ‘degradable’, ‘surface active ingredient’. 1971 Sci. News 7 Aug. 92 Public indignation over litter and garbage has caused industry to ask chemists whether self-destroying, or quickly degradable, plastics might be devised to replace indestructible, unburnable and incompressible glass, aluminum and plastics. Derivatives degradaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decomposition, melting, or crumbling away > susceptibility to biodegradability1960 degradability1969 1969 Rep. Secretary's Comm. Pesticides (U.S. Dept. Health) ii. 141 The problem to the consumer..depends upon the degradability of the pesticide. 1971 Nature 2 Apr. 326/1 Concern about the persistence of some insecticides in mammals and in the environment has stimulated a consideration of the degradability of widely used compounds. 1974 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 2/6 Assuming that five per cent of the refuse were to be composted it would cost 10 times as much to introduce degradability..as would be saved on the compost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1963
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