decreasing

adj, noun — 2 senses

decreasing

adj

/diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

Etymology From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

1

On the decrease.

Antonyms: increasing
Derived terms: decreasing function, decreasingly, monotonic decreasing, non-decreasing, nondecreasing, strictly decreasing, strictly decreasing function

decreasing

noun

Etymology From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

1

Business, Knitting, Manufacturing, Textiles A decrease.

The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:

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