decreasing; lessening; waning: said esp. of the moon in its final quarter
Origin of decrescent
Classical Latin decrescens, present participle of decrescere, decreasedecrescent
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decrescent
adjective
Becoming gradually less; waning.
Origin of decrescent
Latin dēcrēscēns dēcrēscent- present participle of dēcrēscere to decrease ; see decrease .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more decrescent, superlative most decrescent)
- Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
- Waning.
- a decrescent moon
Noun
(plural decrescents)
Origin
From decressant, from Anglo-Norman, present participle of decrestre (“to decrease”)
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