Definition of decrease

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Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..

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Variable :: Variable (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables..
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Decession :: Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Wane :: Wane (v. t.) To cause to decrease.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Decrease :: Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..
Progression :: Progression (n.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic..
Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Imminution :: Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Cirrhosis :: Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ..
Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Maximum :: Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum..
Decrease :: Decrease (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength..
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