# Decay

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**Decay** may refer to:

## Science and technology

- [Bit decay](/source/Data_degradation), in computing
- [Decay time](/source/Decay_time) (fall time), in electronics
- [Distance decay](/source/Distance_decay), in geography
- [Software decay](/source/Software_decay), in computing

### Biology

- [Decomposition](/source/Decomposition) of organic matter
- [Mitochondrial decay](/source/Mitochondrial_decay), in genetics
- [Tooth decay](/source/Tooth_decay) (dental caries), in dentistry

### Physics

- [Optical decay](/source/Optical_decay), in quantum physics
- [Orbital decay](/source/Orbital_decay), the process of prolonged reduction in the height of a satellite's orbit
- [Particle decay](/source/Particle_decay)
- [Radioactive decay](/source/Radioactive_decay)
- [False vacuum](/source/False_vacuum) decay

### Mathematics

- [Exponential decay](/source/Exponential_decay)

### Psychology and sociology

- [Decay theory](/source/Decay_theory), in psychology and memory
- [Social decay](/source/Social_decay) (decadence), in sociology
- [Urban decay](/source/Urban_decay), in sociology

## Entertainment

- [Network decay](/source/Network_decay) (channel drift), in television programming
- [Decay (DC Comics)](/source/Decay_(DC_Comics)), a comic book character
- [Decay (comics)](/source/Decay_(comics)), a Marvel Comics character and member of the Acolytes
- [Decay (X-Factor)](/source/Decay_(X-Factor)), a Marvel Comics character and member of Serval X-Factor
- *[Half-Life: Decay](/source/Half-Life:_Decay)*, a 2001 video game add-on
- [Deekay](/source/Deekay), a Danish production team
- [Decay (professional wrestling)](/source/Decay_(professional_wrestling)), a professional wrestling stable in TNA Wrestling

### Film

- [*Decay* (2012 film)](/source/Decay_(2012_film)), a 2012 zombie film set at the Large Hadron Collider
- [*Decay* (2015 film)](/source/Decay_(2015_film)), a 2015 American film

### Music

- how quickly the sound drops to the sustain level after the initial peak, see [ADSR envelope](/source/ADSR_envelope)
- ["Decay" (Ride song)](/source/Decay_(Ride_song))
- ["Decay" (Biohazard song)](/source/Decay_(Biohazard_song))
- ["Decay" (Sevendust song)](/source/Decay_(Sevendust_song)), 2013
- *[Decay Music](/source/Decay_Music)*, 1976 album by [Michael Nyman](/source/Michael_Nyman)
- *[In Decay](/source/In_Decay)*, 2012 album by [Com Truise](/source/Com_Truise)
- *[The Years of Decay](/source/The_Years_of_Decay)*, 1989 album by [Overkill (band)](/source/Overkill_(band))

## Other

- [Beta decay (finance)](/source/Beta_decay_(finance))

## See also

- [Weathering](/source/Weathering)
- [Decomposition (disambiguation)](/source/Decomposition_(disambiguation))

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