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Definition of decrease

Decrease
Decrease De*crease", n. [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.] 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. 2. The wane of the moon. --Bacon.

Meaning of decrease from wikipedia

- A decrease in knitting is a reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch...
- incomplete list of risk factors: Age: bone density peaks at age 35, and then decreases. Bone density loss occurs in both men and women Ethnicity: European and...
- Ever Decreasing Circles is a British sitcom which ran on BBC1 between 1984 and 1989, consisting of four series and one feature-length special. It was written...
- A Forbush decrease is a rapid decrease in the observed galactic cosmic ray intensity following a coronal m**** ejection (CME). It occurs due to the magnetic...
- The additive-increase/multiplicative-decrease (AIMD) algorithm is a feedback control algorithm best known for its use in TCP congestion control. AIMD combines...
- only when each problem may generate two or more subproblems. The name decrease and conquer has been proposed instead for the single-subproblem class....
- non-decreasing. That is, as per Fig. 1, a function that increases monotonically does not exclusively have to increase, it simply must not decrease. A function...
- 689,000 in 1991, the po****tion then decreased, falling to 142,737,196 by 2008. This represents a 4.0% decrease in total po****tion since the peak census...
- 900% = 9 times as large). A decrease of 60% means the final amount is 40% of the original (100% – 60% = 40%). A decrease of 100% means the final amount...
- the event would be moved to February moving forward. The Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a non-profit corporation, based in Montana. It is designated...