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decreasing

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减少的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decreasing \De*creas"ing\, a.
   Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- {De*creas"ing*ly},
   adv.

   {Decreasing series} (Math.), a series in which each term is
      numerically smaller than the preceding term.

Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decreased}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Decreasing}.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
   d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see {Decrease}, n.),
   fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
   {Crescent}, and cf. {Increase}.]
   To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
   gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
   strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
   length from June to December.

         He must increase, but I must decrease.   --John iii.
                                                  30.

   Syn: To {Decrease}, {Diminish}.

   Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
          from within, or through some cause which is
          imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
          decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
          commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
          which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
          disease; his property is diminishing through
          extravagance; their affection has diminished since
          their separation their separation. The turn of
          thought, however, is often such that these words may
          be interchanged.

                The olive leaf, which certainly them told The
                flood decreased.                  --Drayton.

                Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before
                the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. --Pope.

资料来源 : WordNet®

decreasing
     adj 1: becoming less or smaller [ant: {increasing}]
     2: music [ant: {increasing}]
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