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decrement noun abatement, abridgment, contraction, curtailment, cut, damage, declension, decrease, decrescence, deduction, deficit, depletion, diminishment, diminution, drain, erosion, exhaustion, expenditure, leak, leakage, lessening, loss, shortcoming, shortening, shrinkage, spoilage, subtraction, wastage, waste, wear and tear See also: abatement, consumption, damage, decline, decrease, deduction, diminution, discount, erosion, loss, spoilage How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To more precisely ascertain threshold, the current was decremented and reincremented until a range was reached where a stimulus was correctly identified at one intensity and not at a slightly lower one for three consecutive trials. Binary cumulative sum charts, based on the theory of sequential probability ratio tests, monitor a cumulative term that is incremented or decremented by certain amounts for each positive or negative result, respectively, in order to sequentially test between user-specified acceptable and unacceptable rates (35,36) (Equation 1). He decremented the ammunition from the planned starting point for each battery, using battlefield calculus (see Figure 1). |
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