Yet as memory may be assisted by method, and thedecays of knowledge repaired by stated times of recollection, so the power of forgetting is capable of improvement.
The wheatdecays in the ground, or dies as soon as it sprouts.
The emanation comes away, and the activity of the deposit which it leaves behind decays rapidly to a small fraction of its initial value.
These phenomena are explained if we suppose that the X-product is slowly produced in the substance of the parent, and decays at a constant rate.
The activity of radium decays so slowly that it would not sink to half its initial value in less than some two thousand years, and yet one gramme of radium emits about 100 calories of heat during each hour of its existence.
The radio-activity of a simple transient product decays in a geometrical progression, the loss per second being proportional to the mass of substance still left at the moment, and independent of its state of concentration or dilution.
Thus the activity of a rod exposed to radium emanation for 1 minute decays in accordance with a curve (Fig.
Uranium-X decays to half value in 22 days, giving out beta- and gamma-rays.
Here thorium-X is interposed between thorium and its short-lived emanation, which decays to half its initial quantity in 54 seconds.
There are panegyrists of war who say that without a periodical bleeding a race decays and loses its manhood.
Stagnant matter necessarily decays and in effect is false to the spirit no less than a spirit that changes is false to itself.
And then you will see that the life of the stone begins to pass from it bit by bit, that it crumbles and peels away, and, in short, decays and is turned again to its dust.
When its body is nailed to a door and decays away, the carbon atom again takes up oxygen and becomes carbonic acid gas, which escapes into the atmosphere, and is ready for a fresh series of adventures.
Once these roots have reached the ground, they take firm hold and grow so large and thick that they may be able to hold up the Fig tree even if the original support decays and crumbles away.
The body of the insect after a time decays away, and only its empty shell remains.
Now whoever knew such a love as is kindled and has its being at the sight of the body's deformity joined with that of the soul, and is quenched and decays at the accession of beauty joined with prudence, justice, and temperance?
Hence it is that the flesh is more rarefied, and the heat is extinguished by the cold spirit that lies upon the superficies of the body; therefore the body evaporates a dewy thin sweat, which melts away and decays the strength.
Whiles we are suitors to their throne, decays The thing we sue for.
Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make the better fool.
By the neglect of prayer, our faith, which is the great treasure and foundation of the inward man, by degrees decays and perishes.
It is late, lacks compactness, is very liable to degenerate, decays soon after being harvested, and must be considered more curious than useful.
During the second season, the growth of the old root is not continued, but gradually decays as the new roots are formed.
It is always preserved through the winter with much difficulty, and almost invariably decays if kept from light and exposed to dampness.
It is one of the earliest of all the sorts; but is comparatively tender, and decays early.
It is a poor keeper, and, in unfavorable seasons, sometimesdecays before the time of harvesting.
Do we not all know that when a tree dies its wood decays first, its bark last?
The rose dies; the timber tree dies; decays down into vegetable fibre, is buried, and turned to coal: but the plant cannot altogether undo its own work.
When vegetation decays in open air the carbon of its tissues, taken from the atmosphere by the leaves, is oxidized and returned to it in its original form of carbon dioxide.
Talus is removed slowly where it decays slowly, either because of the climate or the resistance of the rock.
Heartwood light yellow or greenish brown, the sapwood is thin, nearly white, and decays rapidly.
This means that uranium decays through successive steps in which the entire series emits eight alpha particles.
So our decays God comforts by The stars' concurrent state on high.
It ages instead, becomes more rigid and motionless, or decays away.
When this food is exhausted and the seedling is well established in the soil, the upper end decays and the emptied husk of the seed falls away.
In due season, from its wavering life struggle there, it decays back to the deep rest of insensate earth.
The young man had strong corruptions to grapple with; the old man's were decayed with the decays of nature.
Besides, I have observed that old men have blessed themselves with this mistake, namely, taking the decays of nature for a gracious conquest over corruptions, and so have been apt to beguile themselves.
This flows from that which goes before, for if grace rather decays than grows, where this grace of fear is not in the growth and increase thereof, then duties in their glory and acceptableness decay likewise.
These messengers are the diseases or decays by which the Lord takes down the earthly tabernacle, when He sees good to receive the souls of His people into His immediate presence.
Witness the great decays at this day among us, and that strange revolting from truth once professed by us.
Love in Christ decays not, nor can be tempted so to do by anything that happens, or that shall happen hereafter, in the object so beloved.
Evident decays of natural powers as effectually convince the observing person, as if a messenger had been sent to inform him.
Seventh, Thy fears that Christ will not receive thee may arise from those decays that thou findest in thy soul, even while thou art coming to him.
Our inward man is subject to transient, though not to utterdecays (Isa 1:5).
The plants of grace shall ever live; (Nature decays but grace must thrive) Time, that doth all things else impair, Still makes them flourish strong and fair.
At their Lord's footstool have their birth; Therefore thy withered self in haste Beneath his blest feet thou didst cast, That at the root of this green tree Thy great decays restored might be.
When the manure is spread on the surface and allowed to lie for some time it is apt to become dry and hard, and when finally plowed in, decaysvery slowly.
Steamed bone pulverizes much finer than raw bone and decays more rapidly in the soil because the fat has been extracted from it.
As the organic matter decays it adds available plant food to the soil, particularly nitrogen.
The nitrogen exists largely in the humus of the soil and it is only as the humus decaysthat the nitrogen is made available.
During the cultivation of cotton, the organic matter or humus of the soil decays in greater quantities than are added by the stalks and leaves of the crop.
It decays rapidly in the soil and is a quick acting nitrogen fertilizer.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
