| decrement | 1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. "Twit me with the decrements of my pendants." (Ford) "Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement." (Woodward) 2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; opposed to increment. 3. <chemistry> 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. 4. <mathematics> The quantity by which a variable is diminished. Equal decrement of life. The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given large number of persons, all being now of the same age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year. The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons. Origin: L. Decrementum, fr. Decrescere. See Decrease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| decremental conduction | Impaired conduction in a portion of a fibre because of progressively lessening response of the unexcited portion of the fibre to the action potential coming toward it; it is manifested by decreasing speed of conduction, amplitude of action potential, and extent of spread of the impulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
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decrease: the amount by which something decreases decrease: a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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the delay or failure of propagation of an impulse in the atrioventricular node resulting from progressive decrease in the rate of the rise and amplitude of the action potential as it spreads through the node.
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To decrease an index variable or counter by a specific value.
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The process of decreasing in size; the total amount of decrease.
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(dec'-re-ment) The wane of the moon from full to last quarter. [See DECRESCENT.]
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| decrement | a process of becoming smaller or shorter |
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