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Definition of Degradative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Degradative
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 ..."