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Decreasing

//diˈkɹiːsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    On the decrease. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    becoming less or smaller wordnet
  2. 2
    (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A decrease.

    "The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of decrease form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

Etymology 2

From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

Etymology 3

From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

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