Exponential ___ (function in physics) (5)

I believe the answer is:

decay

(Other definitions for decay that I've seen before include "Briefly fashionable" , "Rot, moulder" , "Deterioration" , "Rot, perish" , "Putrefaction" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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