decreasing

English

Etymology

From decrease +‎ -ing (participial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: de‧creas‧ing
• Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ

Adjective

decreasing (not comparable)

1. On the decrease.

Antonyms

• increasing

Derived terms

• decreasing function
• decreasingly
• monotonic decreasing
• non-decreasing
• nondecreasing
• strictly decreasing
• strictly decreasing function

Translations

on the decrease

Asturian: decreciente Catalan: decreixent (ca) French: décroissant (fr) Galician: decrecente Italian: decrescente (it) Portuguese: decrescente (pt) Spanish: decreciente

Verb

decreasing

1. present participle and gerund of decrease

Noun

decreasing (plural decreasings)

1. (knitting) A decrease.
   • 2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:

     The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.

Anagrams

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