when one energy level corresponds to two or more states of motion It arises when the symmetry of a molecule is such that certain fundamental frequencies are equal and is a common feature in IR spectroscopy
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"
A state of matter characterized by extreme compactness or density (e g , matter that is a million times or more as dense as water) The pressure of degenerate matter is dominated by quantum mechanical effects and is largely independent of temperature (unlike the pressure of air in a tire, the terrestrial atmosphere, or the gases in normal stars, such as the Sun)
{i} degradation, deterioration; decline, descent; deviance; state of having low moral values
The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness
disapproval If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting. the moral degeneracy of society. = depravity
In relation to the genetic code, the fact that more than one codon can code for the same amino acid
In linear programming, it is when some basic variable is at one of its bound values (canonically zero) Without any given qualification, a (basic) solution is degenerate if one or more of its basic values is zero (the canonical lower bound) A solution can be dual degenerate, where one of its nonbasic variables has zero reduced cost In general, a solution is degenerate if it is not strictly complementary