Meanings
adjectivedegradable (comparative more degradable, superlative most degradable)
comparative more degradable · superlative most degradable
- Able to be chemically or biologically degraded.
- quantum mechanicsHaving a complementary qubit channel and some third noise channel, such that adding the noise to the original channel replicates the complementary channel.
noundegradable (plural degradables)
plural degradables
- Any material that can be degraded or decomposed.
Origin
Translations
Catalan degradable
- degradablethat which can be degraded
Dutch afbreekbaar
- afbreekbaarthat which can be degraded
Esperanto degradebla
- degradeblathat which can be degraded
Finnish hajoava
- hajoavathat which can be degraded
French dégradable
- dégradablethat which can be degraded
German abbaubar
- abbaubarthat which can be degraded
Greek αποικοδομήσιμος
- αποικοδομήσιμος (apoikodomísimos)that which can be degraded
Hungarian lebomló
- lebomlóthat which can be degraded
Italian degradabile
- degradabilethat which can be degraded
Polish podatny na rozkład
- podatny na rozkładthat which can be degraded
Portuguese degradável
- degradávelthat which can be degraded
Russian разлага́емый
- разлага́емый (razlagájemyj)that which can be degraded
Spanish degradable
- degradablethat which can be degraded
Swedish nedbrytbar, brytbar
- nedbrytbarthat which can be degraded
- brytbarthat which can be degraded
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APA
degradable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degradable
MLA
“degradable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degradable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degradable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degradable.
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