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decrescence

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de⋅cres⋅cent

[di-kres-uhnt]
–adjective
1. diminishing; decreasing.
2. waning, as the moon.

Origin:
1600–10; < L dēcrēscent- (s. of dēcrēscēns), prp. of dēcrēscere to decrease; see -ent


de⋅cres⋅cence, noun
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