descenso
decline ; drop ; dropping off ; lowering ; spiral ; dip ; droop ; downward spiral ; fall ; slump ; downswing ; descent ; drawdown ; slide.
Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls.
Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
World share markets sank Thursday after a slide on Wall Street sparked by tumbling demand for oil and fears of slackening growth in the U.S.
descenso de aguas bravas
rafting
Nepal's hydroelectric plans that may wipe out its best whitewater rivers and hence its rafting industry.
descenso de nivel
drawdown
Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
descenso en picado
swoop
The birds were again skimming the water or were seen poised high above the tops of the tallest pines ready to make their swoops.
experimentar un descenso
experience + drop
The library has experienced a drop in the number of persons visiting it but a sharp rise in the number of volumes lent on interlibrary loan.
liguilla de descenso
relegation play-off
Season 2006 was very disappointing for the club, as they finished second to last and had to play promotion/relegation play-offs.
