decrement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin de-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti

Latin crēscō

Latin decresco

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin decrementumbor.

English decrement

Borrowed from Latin decrementum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkɹəmənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

decrement (countable and uncountable, plural decrements)

1. (countable) A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.
2. (uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.
   • 1940, Contributions to Education, volume 788, page 30:

     He concluded that in normal group situations, production increased constantly, and reports of "boredness" and tiredness showed constant decrement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:decrement

Antonyms

• increment; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Derived terms

• autodecrement
• decremental
• decrementation
• decrementer
• decrementless
• electrodecrement
• in decrement
• in one's decrement
• logarithmic decrement
• post-decrement
• pre-decrement

Verb

decrement (third-person singular simple present decrements, present participle decrementing, simple past and past participle decremented)

1. (transitive) To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

   Antonym: increment

Derived terms

• decrementable
• undecremented

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décrément.

Noun

decrement n (plural decremente)

1. decrement

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	decrement	decrementul	decremente	decrementele
genitive-dative	decrement	decrementului	decremente	decrementelor
vocative	decrementule		decrementelor