"degeneracy" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From degenerate + -cy.",
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          "text": "Inveterate abuse of drinking in nonhereditarily disposed persons creates a degeneracy like the hereditary.",
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        "(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted."
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        "(mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class."
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        "(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another's function without being overexerted."
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        "(mathematics) A limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than) the rest of the class."
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