Definitions for "Decrement"
The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
A name given by Haüy 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.
A reduction in the number of participants in a pension plan caused by factors such as retirement, disability, death, or termination.----------[ Back
Keywords:  subtract, something, one
To subtract one from something.
a process of becoming smaller or shorter