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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. [1913 Webster] Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford. [1913 Webster] Rocks, mountains, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• decrease — I noun abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deminutio …   Law dictionary

• decrement — [dek′rə mənt] n. [L decrementum < decrescere, DECREASE] 1. a decreasing or decrease; loss; waste 2. amount lost by decrease or waste 3. Math. the quantity by which a variable decreases or is decreased: a negative decrement results in an… …   English World dictionary

• decrement — I noun abatement, abridgment, contraction, curtailment, cut, damage, declension, decrease decrescence, deduction, deficit, depletion, diminishment, diminution, dissipation, drain, erosion, exhaustion, expenditure, leak, leakage, lessening, loss,… …   Law dictionary

• decrement — 1620s, from L. decrementum diminution, from stem of decrescere (see DECREASE (Cf. decrease)) …   Etymology dictionary

• decrease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Diminution Nouns 1. (decrease in amount) decrease, diminution; lessening, subtraction (see deduction); reduction, abatement; shrinking, contraction, extenuation; cut back, discount. See shortness. 2.… …   English dictionary for students

• decrement — 1. Decrease. 2. Decrease in conduction velocity at a particular point; a result of altered properties at that point. SEE ALSO: decremental conduction. [L. decrementum, fr. decresco, to decrease] * * * dec·re·ment (dekґrə mənt) [L.… …   Medical dictionary

• decrease — 1. verb /dɪˈkriːs,ˈdiːkriːs/ a) Of a quantity, to become smaller. b) To make (a quantity) smaller. Syn: drop, fall, go down, plummet, plunge, reduce, shrink …   Wiktionary

• decrement — noun Etymology: Latin decrementum, from decrescere Date: 1610 1. a gradual decrease in quality or quantity 2. a. the quantity lost by diminution or waste b. the amount of decrease (as of a variable) • decremental …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• decrement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reduction, loss (see decrease). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash,… …   English dictionary for students

• decrement — decremental /dek reuh men tl/, adj. /dek reuh meuhnt/, n. 1. the act or process of decreasing; gradual reduction. 2. the amount lost by reduction. 3. Math. a negative increment. 4. Physics. the ratio of amplitudes of a damped harmonic motion in… …   Universalium