Associations to the word «Decrement»

Wiktionary

DECREMENT, noun. A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.
DECREMENT, verb. To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

Dictionary definition

DECREMENT, noun. The amount by which something decreases.
DECREMENT, noun. A process of becoming smaller or shorter.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne