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Dec"re*ment (?), n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.] 1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
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Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford.
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Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. Woodward.
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2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
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3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha&ü;y 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.
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4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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Equal decrement of life. (a) 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. (b) 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.
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