'Decrement' definitions:
Definition of 'decrement'
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Definition of 'Decrement'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'decrement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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