Definition of Degradable

1. Adjective. Able to be chemically or biologically degraded ¹

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Definition of Degradable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degradable

deglutitious
deglutitive
deglutitory
deglycerolise
deglycerolize
deglycosylate
deglycosylated
deglycosylates
deglycosylating
deglycosylation
deglycosylations
degout
degouts
degradabilities
degradability
degradable (current term)
degradational
degradations
degradative
degrade
degraded
degraded wetland
degradedly
degradement
degrader
degraders
degrades
degrading
degradingly

Literary usage of Degradable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Materials Society, Challenges and Opportunities: New Materials Science ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"degradable Plastics Polymer chemists have spent decades developing durable and more durable polymers, but now they are having to look into ways of making ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"30 April 1970 • Water-degradable Polymers for Controlled Release of ... We have found that water-degradable polymers can be formed by the addition of a ..."

3. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Corn is a principal source of starch, which is being extensively explored by government, universities, and industry to make degradable thermoplastics or ..."

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