Decrement

['dekrɪm(ə)nt] or ['dɛkrɪmənt]

Definition

(n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

(n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

(n.) A name given by Hauy 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.

(n.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.

Typed by Jack

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss.

Typist: Preston

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See AUGMENTATION]

Edited by Cathryn

Definition

n. the act or state of decreasing: the quantity lost by decrease.

Checker: Maisie