decrement

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Borrowed from Latin decrementum.

He thought that “decrement” would be very exceptional indeed, and that the persistence of increment values is as thoroughly established as any law in the physical world ever was. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
The junior operator toyed with the heavy transmitting key while Peter Moore, who knew the behavior of his apparatus as he would know the caprices of an old friend, adjusted helix-plugs, started the motor-generator, and satisfied the steel-eyed radio inspector that his wave decrement was exactly what it ought to be. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts

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