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deterioration (iou) and measuring tape (oh)


deterioration (iou)



deterioration noun. M17.
[French deterioration from late Latin deterioratio(n-), formed as DETERIORATE: see -ATION.]
The process of growing or making worse; a deteriorated condition.
A. West My father was as well aware of his deterioration as anyone, and he did not enjoy the progressive stages of his decline.
deteriorationist noun a person who holds that deterioration, not progress, is the order of things E19.

measuring tape (oh)



n [C]

a tape measure