adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.

Adjective

1. 1
   Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
2. 2
   Having a complementary qubit channel and some third noise channel, such that adding the noise to the original channel replicates the complementary channel.

Synonyms

All synonyms

ablativebiodegradablecorrosivedecomposabledecomposingdilapidated

Etymology

From degrade + -able.

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