decrement
dec·re·ment / ˈdekrəmənt/ • n. a reduction or diminution. ∎ an amount by which something is reduced or diminished:. ∎ Physics the ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation.• v. [tr.] chiefly Comput. cause a discrete reduction in (a numerical quantity): the instruction decrements the accumulator by one.
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