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decreasement

noun
/dɪˈkɹiːsmənt/UK

Etymology

From decrease + -ment.

  1. derived from decrescere
  2. derived from descreistre
  3. inherited from decresen
  4. suffixed as decreasement — “decrease + ment”

Definitions

  1. The action or process of decreasing

    The action or process of decreasing; a decrease; diminution.

  2. That by which something is decreased or diminished

    That by which something is decreased or diminished; a decrement.

    • ... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decreasement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA