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decrescence

/dih-kres-uhnt/US // dɪˈkrɛs ənt //UK // (dɪˈkrɛsənt) //

递减,衰退期,衰退,递减性

Related Words

lessening减轻,减弱,减缓,减少abating缓和,减轻,减缓,缓解ebbing衰减,衰减期,衰减的declinatory递减的,递减式的,下降的,递减式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : diminishing; decreasing.
    • : waning, as the moon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indecrease
Synonyms
contraction收缩,缩减,缩水,缩紧cutback缩减,削减,削减开支,缩减开支decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降discount折扣,贴现,打折,折价downturn不景气,衰退,衰退期,跌势loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低shrinkage缩水,缩减,缩水率,萎缩abatement消减,减排,减免,减轻compression压缩,压缩器,压缩率,压缩空气condensation凝结,冷凝,凝结物,凝结水constriction压迫,收缩,压迫感,缩减declining衰落,衰落的,衰退,减少depression抑郁症,忧郁症,萧条,郁闷diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少dwindling逐渐减少,逐渐减少的,越来越少,越来越少的ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震subsidence沉降,下沉,沉陷,下陷waning萎缩,消退,减弱,减退striction束缚,限制,严格控制,勒索

Examples

  • Ensigned on the top as before all betwixt a decrescent and a star in fess or.

  • It had now a different sound, as there is a different note in the ascending and decrescent song of the lark.

  • The clock was striking two, as they reached Tom quad, and the decrescent moon to contradict him was already above the roofs.

  • The word neap is derived from the Saxon; it signifies low, decrescent, 120 and is used only of the tide.

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