| 释义 |
dec·re·ment
\ˈdekrəmənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin decrementum, from decrescere to decrease + -mentum -ment — more at decrease
1.
a. : the act or process of becoming gradually less : decrease, diminution
< a deer herd suffers no decrement if the legal hunting take is not permitted to exceed 20 percent of the total population — R.E.Trippensee >
b. : the successive diminution of the layers of molecules applied to the faces of the primitive form of crystals by which the secondary forms were held to be produced
2.
a. : the quantity lost by diminution or waste
b. mathematics : a negative increment
c. physics : the ratio of the maximum amplitude of one oscillation to that of the next in an oscillating system subjected to damping |