What's the difference between decay and unspoilt?

Decay


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
  • (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.
  • (v. t.) To destroy.
  • (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
  • (n.) Destruction; death.
  • (n.) Cause of decay.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Q In radioactive decay, different materials decay at different rates, giving different half lives.
  • (2) 4) Parents imagined that fruit drinks, carbonated beverages and beverages with lactic acid promoted tooth decay.
  • (3) In the absence of prostigmine, increasing the concentration of ACh in the synaptic cleft did not change the time constant for decay of end-plate currents.
  • (4) The kinetics of bimolecular decay of alpha-tocopheroxyl free radicals (T) was studied by ESR mainly in ethanol and heptanol solvents.
  • (5) For those synapses that were close to the soma the time constant for decay for the non-NMDA component, which was voltage insensitive, ranged from 4-8 ms. 7.
  • (6) In analyzing the results with any regimen it is important to have long follow-up since late relapses do occur and initial very positive results tend to decay with greater numbers of patients treated.
  • (7) In one normal ear, ten noise trauma ears, 11 Meniere disease ears, and 24 eighth nerve lesion ears to reflexes or reflex decay that were suggestive or retrocochlear lesions were observed.
  • (8) Biochemical, molecular, and immunohistologic studies have identified membrane cofactor protein (MCP) and decay accelerating factor (DAF) on trophoblast cells, which could assist in preventing lysis of the cells by complement-activating maternal antibodies.
  • (9) It has been 40 years since the first community in the United States added a regulated amount of fluoride to its public water supply to prevent tooth decay.
  • (10) This could reflect the existence of a parallel set of synapses with fast decay that serve as a shortterm store.
  • (11) However, clemastine caused a decay in subjects' performance in both Experiments I and II, but only on the tracking task.
  • (12) The nylon group had the second highest amount of induced WTR cylinder at one day, which had decayed to ATR cylinder by five months.
  • (13) The observed signals from germinating seeds of Phaseolus aures and decaying leaves of Eucalyptus are presented to show that the signals have characteristic kinetics and intensity.
  • (14) We develop an analogy between the steric hindrance among receptors detecting randomly placed haptens and the temporary locking of a Geiger counter that has detected a radioactive decay.
  • (15) Left ventricular relaxation rate was measured by calculation of a time constant of left ventricular pressure decay (T) derived from an exponential curve fit to the digitized tip-micromanometer left ventricular pressure signal.
  • (16) Factors increasing presynaptic activity (frequency or number of afferent stimulations) during the induction event did not affect the relative amount of LTP decay.
  • (17) Inhibitor activity decayed with time after radiation (2 Gy) with no activity detected at 6 h even though the cells remained in G2 phase, suggesting that either synthesis or activation of additional components is necessary for recovery from G2 arrest.
  • (18) These results are consistent with the previous observation in HTC cells that the decay rate of ODC activity in the presence of cycloheximide correlated well with the proportion of ODC present as a complex with antizyme, suggesting the ubiquitous role of antizyme in ODC degradation.
  • (19) The outward current decays exponentially with an early and late phase.
  • (20) The decay of acid soluble radioactivity was similar in the two groups, although protein synthesis was lowered by vitamin A deficiency.

Unspoilt


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If you take a photo of the view from a bedroom window, but cannot include the rubbish dump, don't say 'panoramic views' or 'unspoilt countryside'."
  • (2) So think twice before booking that flight (unless you're going for its other assets – its chilled-out beach towns , chic resorts , and unspoilt interior .
  • (3) Our isolation from industrial centres has hindered our development in the past, but we are turning this to our advantage through responsible tourism for discerning tourists who value unspoilt and distant islands.
  • (4) Its cultural attractions and unspoilt natural beauty makes it a popular tourist destination .
  • (5) Hatchling survival is also very low as the species is so sensitive and there are not enough unspoilt water bodies where juvenile crocodiles can mature safely.
  • (6) Greenpeace has warned that if Cairn strikes oil or gas, it will provoke an "oil rush" in the vulnerable and unspoilt waters of the Arctic.
  • (7) The respected scholar recently warned against trying to lure Wayne Rooney to the big city for fear that all the cars, buildings and computation machines, or "computers" as they're being called, could overwhelm the Mowgli-like 27-year-old, who has spent all of his life up to now roaming free in the unspoilt savannahs of remotest Liverpool and Manchester.
  • (8) For more unspoilt bathing you're better off heading on to isolated Armenopetra, where two pebble beaches split the crystal clear waters.
  • (9) In Asturias you can find breathtaking mountain scenery only a few miles from beautiful, unspoilt stretches of beach.
  • (10) • Find it on Google Maps 4 Pozze Smeraldine, Dolomites Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Michele Tameni In the Dolomiti Friulane natural park , down in the Cellina valley on the way to the village of Barci are many wild, unspoilt pools and gorges.
  • (11) "I shall be having a long talk with our MP as soon as he's back here," said Tory district councillor Steve Wilkinson, who calls the route through Cheshire's Tatton constituency "absolutely devastating to a beautiful place where people want to live in unspoilt peace and quiet."
  • (12) Skopelos Town Thea Home Hotel Where to stay: Thea Home Hotel Skopelos Town is perhaps the most attractive and unspoilt of all the harbour towns of the Sporades, and this simple hotel lies at the heart of it.
  • (13) Tucked among the sand dunes of this unspoilt stretch of sand, the "Cloud Bar" doesn't serve alcohol but it does have Cloud Menus, which identify different formations, mirrors that can be swivelled to reflect different parts of the sky and cloud-viewing seats, on which visitors can recline and enjoy the view.
  • (14) This tranquil island, a 20-minute ferry ride from Cancún, is fringed with unspoilt white sand beaches and is fabulous for snorkelling and diving.
  • (15) Photograph: Alamy La Balagne, Corsica The region of La Balagne, northern Corsica, is crisscrossed with walking paths, ranging from the sedate to those requiring crampons.The mountains and valleys are wild, unspoilt and crowd-free, scattered with fig, olive and chestnut trees and fragrant maquis.
  • (16) For sale” signs staked in the ground next to idyllic meadows reminded us that this sort of unspoilt beauty won’t last forever.
  • (17) "Scotland's reputation as a beautiful, unspoilt country is being destroyed as massive industrial-scale wind turbines sprout from the hillsides.
  • (18) His slick, unashamedly populist, Eurosceptic but largely uncontroversial campaign, promising to “put Austria first” with the slogan “Unspoilt, honest, good”, saw him collect 35% of the first-round vote in the presidential elections, his party’s best national score since its formation in 1956.
  • (19) He was a genuinely nice man, largely unspoilt by fame, though latterly a bit miffed that he was not hired more often, not just for old times' sake but because he was actually worth it.
  • (20) Although the sea can be cold, even in the warmest months, the islands are incredibly unspoilt by mass tourism or development of any kind.

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