decrement
/ˈdɛkrəmənt/
verb
- To reduce or decrease something, especially by a specific amount or in a step-by-step manner.
- The program will decrement the variable each time the loop runs.
- You can decrement the volume by turning the knob to the left.
- Press this button to decrement the counter by one.
noun
- A decrease or reduction in amount, value, or size.
- Each decrement in the stock price worried investors.
- The decrement in temperature overnight caused frost on the windows.
- The software logs a decrement in available memory every time a program opens.
- The amount by which something is reduced.
- The decrement was exactly ten units per cycle.
- The decrement in speed was barely noticeable as the car coasted downhill.
- You can set the decrement to five points for each wrong answer.