Meaning of DECREASING
| Pronunciation: | | di'kreesing
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- [adj] becoming less or smaller
- [adj] music
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| | Synonyms: | | abating, allargando, calando, declining, decrescendo, depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory, detractive, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, fading, falling, lessening, paling, rallentando, rit., ritardando, ritenuto, subsiding, tapering, tapering off |
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| | Antonyms: | | increasing | | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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