decrement

decrement is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
2. noun. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
3. noun. 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. noun. The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
5. noun. the amount by which something decreases

   Synonyms: decrease

6. noun. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

   Synonyms: decrease

7. noun. The act or process of decreasing; a reduction.

Synonyms

decrease

Common word forms

decrements, decremental, decremented, decrementing, decrementless

Words from these letters

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