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DECREMENT
decrease, decrement
(noun) the amount by which something decreases
decrease, decrement
(noun) a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decrement (plural decrements)
A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.
Synonyms
• See also decrement
Antonyms
• increment; See also adjunct
Verb
decrement (third-person singular simple present decrements, present participle decrementing, simple past and past participle decremented)
To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.
Antonyms
• increment
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"re*ment, n. Etym: [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.]
1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford. Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. Woodward.
2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to Ant: increment.
3. (Crystallog.)
Definition: A name given by Haüy 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.
4. (Math.)
Definition: The quantity by which a variable is diminished. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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