Definitions for decrement

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decrement dec·re·ment

Spelling: [dek-ruh-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈdɛk rə mənt/

Decrement is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in decrement (cdeeemnrt).

Definitions for decrement

noun

1. the act or process of decreasing; gradual reduction.
2. the amount lost by reduction.
3. Mathematics. a negative increment.
4. Physics. the ratio of amplitudes of a damped harmonic motion in the course of two successive oscillations.

Origin of decrement

1475-85; Latin dēcrēmentum, equivalent to dēcrē(tus) (see decrease) + -mentum -ment

Examples for decrement

See an admirable statement of the three forms of decrement, in Hay, Trait de Minralogie, vol.

The rate-of-decrease meter registered a decrement of point ten units per unit.

decrement, dek′re-ment, n. the act or state of decreasing: the quantity lost by decrease.

The decrement in the capacity of the grooves follows the proportion of 15 to 11.

Evolution is the decrement of this difference between the purely formal and the actual.

It is perfectly intelligible that a progressive fatigue and decrement of the magnitude of contraction must ensue.