Decreasing
[dɪ'kriːsɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decrease
(a.) Becoming less and less; diminishing.
Typed by Enid
Examples
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- One great factor in this change has been the decreasing cost of electricity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Solomon