The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Use in sentences of DECREMENT
Meaning of DECREMENT in English
The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
A name given by Hauy 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.