Definition of Degradative

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or causing degradation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Degradative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Degradative

deglycerolize
deglycosylate
deglycosylated
deglycosylates
deglycosylating
deglycosylation
deglycosylations
degout
degouts
degradabilities
degradability
degradable
degradational
degradations
degradative (current term)
degrade
degraded
degraded wetland
degradedly
degradement
degrader
degraders
degrades
degrading
degradingly
degradomics
degradosome
degradosomes
degranulate

Literary usage of Degradative

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

1. Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks by National Academies Press, National Research Council (U.S.), National Academies Press (U.S. (2006)
"Unlike specific degradative processes influencing water quality that are considered in ... Many degradative processes are time dependent and, therefore, ..."

2. Sustainability Issues for Resource Managers by Daniel L. Bottom, Gordon H. Reeves, Martha H. Brookes (1996)
"Several factors were responsible for the escalation of the degradative practices—an escalation that remained uncontained until very recently. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"All other shifts (degradative oxidation at the rpe) were observed only at concentrations of 10~3 M and greater and were always accompanied by increasingly ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"According to views the extent of this digestion also depend on the level of specific rs of the various degradative en- \n inhibitor of ..."

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