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decrescent

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de⋅cres⋅cent

  [di-kres-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. diminishing; decreasing.
2. waning, as the moon.
Origin:
1600–10; < L dēcrēscent- (s. of dēcrēscēns), prp. of dēcrēscere to decrease; see -ent

Related forms:
de⋅cres⋅cence, noun
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de·cres·cent   (dĭ-krěs'ənt)   
adj.  Becoming gradually less; waning.

[Latin dēcrēscēns, dēcrēscent-, present participle of dēcrēscere, to decrease; see decrease.]
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