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Meaning of "decrescence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECRESCENCE

decrescence  [dɪˈkrɛsəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECRESCENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decrescence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECRESCENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of decrescence in the English dictionary

The definition of decrescence in the dictionary is the decreasing or waning of a celestial object, esp the moon.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECRESCENCE


accrescence
əˈkrɛsəns
adolescence
ˌædəˈlɛsəns
adularescence
əˌdjʊləˈrɛsəns
arborescence
ˌɑːbəˈrɛsəns
calorescence
ˌkæləˈrɛsəns
concrescence
kənˈkrɛsəns
efflorescence
ˌɛflɔːˈrɛsəns
electroluminescence
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
essence
ˈɛsəns
excrescence
ɪkˈskrɛsəns
florescence
flɔːˈrɛsəns
fluorescence
ˌflʊəˈrɛsəns
immunofluorescence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊflʊəˈrɛsəns
inflorescence
ˌɪnflɔːˈrɛsəns
luminescence
ˌluːmɪˈnɛsəns
phosphorescence
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsəns
quintessence
kwɪnˈtɛsəns
vaporescence
ˌveɪpəˈrɛsəns
virescence
vɪˈrɛsəns
vitrescence
vɪˈtrɛsəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECRESCENCE

decreet
decrement
decremental
decrepit
decrepitate
decrepitation
decrepitly
decrepitness
decrepitude
decresc.
decrescendo
decrescent
decretal
decretalist
Decretals
decretist
decretive
decretory
Decretum
decrew

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECRESCENCE

at your convenience
car licence
chemiluminescence
coalescence
concupiscence
dehiscence
driving licence
effervescence
evanescence
gaming licence
innocence
licence
magnificence
obsolescence
photoluminescence
provisional driving licence
reminiscence
renascence
road-fund licence
senescence
translucence

Synonyms and antonyms of decrescence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decrescence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECRESCENCE

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The translations of decrescence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decrescence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

减退
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decrescence
570 millions of speakers

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decrescence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decrescence
380 millions of speakers
ar

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decrescence
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decrescence
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decrescence
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decrescence
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

decrescence
220 millions of speakers

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Menegaskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decrescence
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decrescence
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decrescence
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decrescence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decrescence
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decrescence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वनदेवता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decrescence
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decrescence
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decrescence
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decrescence
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decrescence
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decrescence
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decrescence
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decrescence
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decrescence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decrescence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECRESCENCE»

The term «decrescence» is normally little used and occupies the 148.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECRESCENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decrescence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decrescence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decrescence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECRESCENCE»

Discover the use of decrescence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decrescence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theatre, Body and Pleasure
Its pulsation must be organic, involving notso mucha beginning, middle, and an end, but intensification and decrescence' (1970: 51).This pulsation is present even innonverbal performance –inan acrobat's show, the somersaultis the 'crux', the ...
Simon Shepherd, 2013
2
The American Mineralogist
It must in this connection be fully understood that Haiiy by decrescence did not necessarily mean a shrinkage in size, but a serial addition of diminishing superposition. Finally, to complete this imperfect rendition of Hauy's voluminous treatment ...
Walter Fred Hunt, 1918
3
The American Journal of Science
... loss of function through disuse, and the consequent loss of nutrition with the concomitant rapid decrescence of active tissues, brings about a change in the ratio of active and inert structures. The progression of this process naturally results in ...
4
Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club ...
It must in this connection be fully understood that Hauy by decrescence did not necessarily mean a shrinkage in size, but a serial addition of diminishing superposition. Finally, to complete this imperfect rendition of Haiiy's voluminous treatment ...
New York Mineralogical Club, 1907
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The American journal of science
... previously explained, there result (A) the external stimuli of the environment as an extrinsic cause of concrescence ; (B) energy of growth force as an intrinsic cause of concrescence ; (C) external restraint as an extrinsic cause of decrescence ...
John Rodgers, 1898
6
New Essays on American Drama
The overall tension structure from the escalation towards the crux and a diminishing of tension in the decrescence is shaped by duration of shots and camera distance. Towards the crux the average duration of shots becomes shorter 5-10 ...
Gilbert Debusscher, Henry I. Schvey, Marc Maufort, 1989
7
Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders: With Notes ...
That cannibalism had partly effected this decrescence he had frequent opportunities of personally viewing. Colonization by a European power having happily interfered, could alone retard, and it is to be hoped will eventually stop, the ...
Joel Samuel Polack, 1840
8
Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives
decrescence, the regular decrease, stepwise in area, of the successive layers ( Fig. 6). The particles were considered infinitesimal in size, and hence apparently smooth crystal surfaces could result. Subsequently, when the compressibility of ...
9
New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures ...
Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence in that Country Between the Years 1831 and 1837 Joel Samuel Polack. DECRESCENCE OF TRIBES. teriorate from the general neatness of their farms. The example that would ...
Joel Samuel Polack, 1838
10
Neural Network Control of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems
The basic issue is that the Lyapunov function may now depend on time. In this situation, the definitions of definiteness must be modified, and the notion of decrescence is needed. Let L(x(k), k) : W x ;)i -> SH be a scalar function such that L(0, ...
Jagannathan Sarangapani, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECRESCENCE»

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1
Andre Gregory's Back Story
... Kleine felt the urge to make a film about her husband, perhaps as a way of staving off the inexorable decrescence and decline that she would ... «The Jewish Week, Apr 13»
2
A Gentler Richler In 'Barney's Version?'
The character and the film itself experience a decrescence, a diminishing of energy and affect that is, finally, quite moving. Like an underwound ... «The Jewish Week, Jan 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Decrescence [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/decrescence>. May 2024 ».
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