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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decrement /ˈdɛkrɪm(ə)nt/

▶noun

1 technical a reduction or diminution.

2 Physics the ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation.

▶verb chiefly Computing cause a discrete reduction in (a numerical quantity).

– origin C17: from L. decrementum ‘diminution’, from decrescere ‘to decrease’.

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