decrement

IPA: dɪkrʌmʌnt

(countable) A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.
(uncountable) The subtraction itself; decrease.

Examples of "decrement" in Sentences

A decrease is called a decrement.
Decrement was correct, and I have restored it.
Reducing the vigilance decrement with amphetamines.
Keeping this page does not decrement Wikipedia's quality.
The reduction occurs by decrement of the binary characters.
There was also an inverse form, Decrement and Skip if Not Zero.
In some cases the vigilance decrement was eliminated or not apparent.
But due to buggy libraries I don't always decrement consistently, arghgh.
Two kinds of decrement tables are used to evaluate birth control methods.
Digital means cylically increment and decrement the actual sheet length signal.
An increment is simply A+0 with carry set, and a decrement is A-0 with carry reset (borrow set).
A LIFO decrement occurs when inventory decreases, depleting layers added in earlier, generally lower cost, years.
It may be that we are losing our ability to focus and this decrement could have serious implications for us individually and collectively.
But he failed to mention the pricing incentive, which is to make everyone pay the same relative pain/gain for each increment/decrement in government.
So what kind of decrement in SVR rates between twice daily and three times daily would begin to cause a problem for the twice daily regimen in your current opinion?
As regards the second argument -- the argument based on what is called the decrement -- has any one ever heard of any system of taxation which is run upon those lines?