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  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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  Decrement \Dec"re*ment\, n. [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 increment.
  
     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.
  
     4. (Math.) 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.

  decrement
       n 1: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease]
            [ant: increase]
       2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease]
          [ant: increase, increase]

  decrement
     Αγγλικά n.
     ελάττωση

  decrement
     Romanian n.
     (l en decrement)

  decrement
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series
  of regular subtractions.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
     vb.
     To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

  decrement
     Romanian n.
     (l en decrement)

  decrement
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series
  of regular subtractions.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
     vb.
     To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

  decrement
     Engelska n.
     minskning

  Decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  التناقص

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/ 
  pokles

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  snížení

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  úbytek

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/ 
  gostwng 

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  Dekrement 
   see: logarithmic decrement
  

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  Herabsetzung ([+ gen]) 
           Note: in; of

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  Verminderung , Minderung , Abnahme 
   see: decrements
  

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  kartica s opadajućom vrijednosti, kartica čija se uskladištena vrijednost umanjuje k, smanjenje

  decrement /dˈɛkɹɪmənt/
  1. eksilme, azalma
  2. zayiat
  3. eksiklik.

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "decrement":
     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
  
  

  n. 渐减,减少,减少量;

     n. 渐减,减少,减少量