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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
decrement
n 1: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease,
decrement] [ant: increase, increment]
2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease,
decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Decrement \Dec"re*ment\, n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See
Decrease.]
1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease;
diminution; waste; loss.
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Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. --Ford.
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Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the
earth suffer a continual decrement. --Woodward.
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2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; --
opposed to increment.
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3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha["u]y to the successive
diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the
faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the
secondary forms to be produced.
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4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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Equal decrement of life.
(a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given
large number of persons, all being now of the same
age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year.
(b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of
those dying in a year to those living through the year
is constant, being independent of the age of the
persons.
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Thesaurus Results for decrement:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abatement, ablation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, attrition, consumption, contraction, corrosion, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, decrease, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, depression, derogation, detraction, diminishment, diminution, dip, disparagement, dissipation, dissolution, drain, dying, dying off, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extenuation, extraction, fade-out, impairment, impoverishment, languishment, leakage, lessening, letup, loss, lowering, miniaturization, minus, mitigation, reduction, relaxation, remission, retraction, retrenchment, sagging, scaling down, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, subtraction, truncation, using, using up, wastage, waste, weakening, wear and tear, wearing, wearing away |
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Common Misspellings > |
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