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Webster 1913 Edition
Decrement
1.
The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Twit me with the
decrements
of my pendants. Ford.
Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual
decrement
. Woodward.
2.
The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; – opposed to
increment
. 3.
(Crystallog.)
A name given by Haüy 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.
4.
(Math.)
The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Decrement
DECREMENT
, n.1.
Decrease; waste; the state of becoming less gradually.Rocks and mountains suffer a continual decrement.
2.
The quantity lost by gradual diminution, or waste.3.
In heraldry, the wane of the moon.4.
In crystalography, a successive diminution of the lamens of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which the secondary forms are supposed to be produced.Definition 2024
decrement
decrement
English
Noun
decrement (plural decrements)
- A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.
Verb
decrement (third-person singular simple present decrements, present participle decrementing, simple past and past participle decremented)
- To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.