decrement

Meanings

• Verb

  The action or process of making or becoming smaller; a reduction in size, quantity, or number.

  - "The company's profits saw a significant decrement last quarter."
  - "The size of the crowd decremented as the night went on."
  - "His age has decremented by one year every 12 months."

• Noun

  A mathematical term representing the subtraction of one from a number.

  - "In algebra, the decrement is represented by the symbol 'd'"
  - "The first decrement of a sequence is one."
  - "The decrement of a function is the change in the output for a given change in the input."

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Antonyms

increment , increment

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with decrement
encounter , increment , compliment , element

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Variants

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decrement , decremental , decrements

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Forms

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decrements, decrementing, decreased, decreases, decrease

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Etymology

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The word 'decrement' comes from the Latin word 'decrementum', which means 'a diminution' or 'a reduction'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'decrement' is often used in mathematical contexts, but it can also be used more generally to refer to any reduction in size or quantity.

2. The term 'decrement' is sometimes used interchangeably with the term 'difference', but they have slightly different meanings: decrement refers to the process of finding the difference, while difference refers to the actual value of the difference.

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Related Concepts

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1. increment: The opposite of decrement, referring to an increase in size, quantity, or number.

2. sequence: A collection of numbers or other values, where each value is obtained by applying a certain rule to the previous value.

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Culture

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In mathematics, decrement is a fundamental concept used in various fields such as calculus, statistics, and computer science. It is often used in conjunction with increment to denote the change in a variable.

How to Memorize "decrement"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the process of making something smaller or reducing a number by one.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'decrement' with the idea of something getting smaller or shrinking.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'D-E-C-R-E-M-E-N-T' to remember that it stands for 'decrease, reduce, make smaller, eliminate, minimize, narrow, terminate'.

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