Word Meanings - DECREASING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series , a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
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- DIMINISH
To make smaller by a half step; to make less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2. Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. - DECREASING
Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series , a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term. - SERIES DYNAMO
A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others. - CREASOTE
See CREOSOTE - CREASY
Full of creases. Tennyson. - PRECEDENTLY
Beforehand; antecedently. - DIMINISHER
One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke . - SERIES MOTOR
A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit. - BECOME
happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - PRECEDENTED
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole. - SERIES
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr. - PRECEDE
1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - SERIES TURNS
The turns in a series circuit. - DIMINISHABLE
Capable of being diminished or lessened. - PRECEDENCE; PRECEDENCY
1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. 2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior - DIMINISHMENT
Diminution. Cheke. - BECOMED
Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak. - NUMERICALLY
In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different. - UNBECOMING
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n. - REINCREASE
To increase again. - REDIMINISH
To diminish again. - UNBECOME
To misbecome. Bp. Sherlock. - INCREASINGLY
More and more. - MISBECOMING
Unbecoming. Milton. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Mis`be*com"ing*ness, n. Boyle. - INCREASEMENT
Increase. Bacon.