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decrement

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkrɪm(ə)nt/

Definition of decrement

noun

technical
  • a reduction or diminution: relaxation produces a decrement in sympathetic nervous activity
  • an amount by which something is reduced or diminished:the dose was reduced by 10 mg weekly decrements
  • Physics the ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation.

verb

[with object] chiefly Computing
  • cause a discrete reduction in (a numerical quantity): the instruction decrements the accumulator by one

Origin:

early 17th century (as a noun): from Latin decrementum 'diminution', from the stem of decrescere 'to decrease'

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