Sentence example with the word 'decrement'

decrement

abatement, contraction, decrease, depression, dissipation, exhaustion, languishment, minus, sagging, using, wearing away

Definition n. the amount by which something decreases

Last update: July 12, 2015


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Only in the exceptionally perfect vacuum referred to above did this logarithmic decrement sink to about one-twentieth of what it had commenced with.   [Please select]

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Repulsion of the vane by the action of light commences when this decrement is one-fourth of what it was before the exhaustion of air began.   [Please select]

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As the rarity of the air within the bulb increases the force of this repulsion begins to diminish, like the logarithmic decrement, and when the latter has sunk to one-twentieth the former has fallen off one-half.   [Please select]

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