2. Verb. (third-person singular of decrease) ¹
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Definition of Decreases
1. decrease [v] - See also: decrease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decreases
Literary usage of Decreases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Depressions: Their Causes Analysed and Classified with a by George Huntington Hull (1911)
"Note, however, the fact that the increases and decreases in the volume of smaller
articles not only come after construction, but depend chiefly upon new ..."
2. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"Why the Temperature of the Atmosphere decreases with Increase of Elevation.—It
is not, perhaps, obvious why the temperature of the atmosphere should rapidly ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The magnetization obtained with the strongest current gradually decreases a little.
The moments left by the demagnetizing current decrease less rapidly than ..."
4. Plane Trigonometry and Tables by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1914)
"In the third quadrant the sine decreases from 0 to — 1, but the absolute ...
In the first quadrant the cosine OM is positive, and decreases from 1 to 0 ..."
5. Status of Federal Libraries and Information Centers in the U.S: Results from by Evelyn F. Hawkins, Robert J. Rossi (1999)
"In all three levels, more federal libraries and information centers reported
significant decreases than significant increases with respect to staffing. ..."
6. A Look at Tomorrow's Tactical Air Forces by Lane Pierrot, Jo A. Vines, Shaun Black (1997)
"1400 as the Navy decreases the number of aircraft in each carrier wing. ...
Procuring the Joint Strike Fighter decreases Shortfalls The development effort ..."
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