decrement

n.

1. The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less.
2. The amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.
3. Mathematics. The amount by which a variable is decreased; a negative increment.

[Latin dēcrēmentum, from dēcrēscere, dēcrē-, to decrease. See decrease.]

decremental dec're·ment'al (-mĕn'tl) adj.

To subtract a number from another number. Decrementing a counter means to subtract 1 or some other number from its current value.

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noun

The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase/decrease.

The recovery after a fever; the excessive stored heat is dissipated by vasodilatation and sweating, and heat production is reduced by relaxation of muscles. Called also defervescence.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - svind, mindskelse, aftagen, dekrement
v. tr. - reducere en værdi med et bestemt tal, tælle ned

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermindering

Français (French)
n. - diminution, (Comput) décrément
v. tr. - (Comput) décrémenter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abnahme, Verminderung, Verfall, (Math.) logarithmisches Dekrement
v. - abnehmen, vermindern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (απο)μείωση, ελάττωση

Italiano (Italian)
diminuzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - decréscimo (m)

Русский (Russian)
уменьшение, убыток

Español (Spanish)
n. - decremento, disminución, reducción
v. tr. - decrecer, disminuir, reducir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avtagande, minskning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
减少, 减少率, 减少量, 减缩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 減少, 減少率, 減少量
v. tr. - 減少, 減縮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 축소, 감액
v. tr. - (수 등의) 불연속 감소를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 減少, 減分, 減少量
v. - 減少を示す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقصان تدريجي من مقدار, انخفاض تدريجي من جودة شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפחתה‬
v. tr. - ‮(בעיקר בחישוב) גרם להפחתה של יחידה (ממספר)‬

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