Decrescent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Becoming gradually less; waning.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
  • adj. Waning.
  • n. A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing.
  • n. A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Decreasing; becoming gradually less; waning, as the moon.
  • Specifically— In heraldry, decreasing or waning: said of the moon when represented with the points toward the sinister side. Also decours.
  • In botany, diminishing gradually from below upward.
  • n. In heraldry, the moon in her decrement: used as a bearing. See decrement, 3.
    • Word Usage
    "Thin scuds flew swiftly over the moon's decrescent form."
    Antonym
    increscent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decreasing   
     
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