Usually means: Waning or decreasing in size.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word Decrescent:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. decrescent: Merriam-Webster
  2. decrescent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decrescent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decrescent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decrescent: Wordnik
  6. decrescent: Wiktionary
  7. decrescent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. decrescent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. decrescent: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Decrescent, decrescent: Dictionary.com
  11. Decrescent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. decrescent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Decrescent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. decrescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. decrescent: FreeDictionary.org
  16. decrescent: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. decrescent: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Decrescent: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (decrescent)

▸ adjective:  Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
▸ adjective:  Waning.
▸ noun:  (heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right).

Similar:
dwindling, diminuent, waning, receding, descending, declinate, descendant, flagging, reducent, diminished, more...

Opposite:
crescent, waxing, increasing, growing



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Similar:
dwindling, diminuent, waning, receding, descending, declinate, descendant, flagging, reducent, diminished, more...

Opposite:
crescent, waxing, increasing, growing



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