Decay and Excess

Decay

Decay noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

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Excess and decay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excess" instead a noun "Decay".

Nearby Words: decayed, decaying, decadence, decadent

Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.

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Decay and excess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decay" instead a noun "Excess".

Nearby Words: excessive, excessively

physical	physical decay	physical excess
real	real decay	real excess
massive	massive decay	massive excess
extreme	extreme decay	extreme excess
Other adjectives: serious, technological.

The resulting radioactive decay was generating the excess heat, so paradoxically, adding even more fuel rods solves the problem, by "burning up" the xenon-135 with the sudden burst of neutrons from the extra uraniumnote xenon-136 is a stable isotope with a much smaller capture cross-section.

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