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decrement n. 渐减,减少,减少量 渐减,减少,减少量 decrement递减 decrement减量 decrement n 1: the amount by which something decreases [ synonym: { decrease}, { decrement}] [ ant: { increase}, { increment}] 2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [ synonym: { decrease}, { decrement}] [ ant: { growth}, { increase}, { increment}] Decrement \ Dec" re* ment\, n. [ L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See { Decrease}.] 1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. [ 1913 Webster] Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. -- Ford. [ 1913 Webster] Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. -- Woodward. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to { increment}. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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