Decrementation

//ˌdɛkɹəmənˈteɪʃən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of decrementing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the operation of subtracting one from the operand. wordnet

Etymology

From decrement + -ation.

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