deterioration
Definition
Downgrading of the effectiveness or physical characteristics (color, consistency, odor, etc.) of a substance due to faulty packaging or abnormal storage conditions.
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deterioration is in the Material & Occupational Safety and Quality Control & Management subjects.
deterioration appears in the definitions of the following terms:
impossibility of performance,
inherent vice,
aging degradation,
shelf life,
inventory shrinkage,
degradable,
accelerated depreciation,
putresicble,
sustainability,
land degradation
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deterioration appears in these other term: physical deterioration
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