In my academic discipline (meteorology), I very occasionally see lysis used to refer to dissipation of a system where genesis has been used to describe its initial development.
However, lysis seems to really only have biological connotations, so is this usage correct? If not, what would an appropriate antonym for genesis be?
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Dissipation is the first possibility to mind, especially if you are talking about very IMMORAL weather. Probably caused by climate-change. =] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissipation
Resolution.
Late PS: Perhaps because I'm a bit highbrow (note elevated snoot!) I tend to hate highbrow terms. Familiarity breeds contempt. So how about a good knuckle-dragging Neanderthal term instead? Like, um... fizzle.. Hurricane Gonzalo will fizzle somewhere between Bermuda and Newfoundland... fo'shizzle it'll fizzle (whoa! poetic!)