decaying

'decaying'

[disintegrate.v.03] as in: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

Examples:
the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process

'decaying'

[decay.v.02] as in: fall into decay or ruin

Examples:
The unoccupied house started to decay

'decaying'

[decay.v.03] as in: undergo decay or decomposition

Examples:
The body started to decay and needed to be cremated

Origins

					decaying (English)
├── -ing (English)
│   ├── -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── -ing (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -inge (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── decay (English)
    └── decair (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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