(n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
(n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.
(n.) A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced.
(n.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
Example Sentences:
(1) All reported studies have documented small 5 to 10 mm Hg decrements of blood pressure with dietary supplementation with these fatty acids and conversion of the ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acids toward unity.
(2) A sustained decrement in RMR accompanied weight loss and persisted for greater than or equal to 8 wk despite increased caloric consumption and body weight stabilization.
(3) First, the decrement in the maximal heart rate response to exercise (known as "chronotropic incompetence") found in the sedentary MI rat was completely reversed by endurance training.
(4) Three response patterns were scored: (1) no startle, (2) startle without response decrement, and (3) response decrement by 12 stimuli.
(5) The estimated mean decrement in KCO for a cadmium worker employed 5 or more years with a cumulative exposure of 2000 yr.microgram.m-3 (exposure to the current UK control limit of 50 micrograms.m-3 for a working lifetime of 40 yr) lies between 0.05 and 0.3 mmol.min-1.kPa-1.l-1 (95% confidence interval).
(6) (2) Sequences of brightness steps of like polarity (either increments or decrements) elicit positive and negative motion-dependent response components when mimicking motion in the cell's preferred and null direction, respectively.
(7) The data support the hypothesis that the learning decrement found among older men is not simply a manifestation of structural change in the central nervous system but is, at least in part, associated with the heightened arousal of the autonomic nervous system that accompanies the learning task.
(8) Both loci show decrements of norepinephrine concentrations, while the nucleus accumbens samples also show increased dopamine, dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol concentrations associated with dementia in these subjects.
(9) A series of biochemical and behavioral experiments tested the hypothesis that anisomycin (ANI), a protein synthesis inhibitor, produced decrements in long-term memory by raising free tyrosine levels and by the accumulation of catecholamines (CAs) rather than by its primary effect on protein synthesis.
(10) Following the acquisition of stable baseline decremental bar-pressing performance, animals were given injections of either the serotonin-depleting drug, para-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA), or the catecholamine-depleting drug, alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine (AMPT).
(11) The extrasplanchnic volume decrement is not due to decreases in skeletal muscle or cutaneous tissue intravascular capacity in the limbs.
(12) The mean decrement in glucagon during the insulin infusion was similar in each part of the study.
(13) The initial contractile tension (recorded following isolation) was comparable in the three stages of the cycle, but its decrement with time was greater in metestrus than in proestrus; the opposite being observed regarding the rate of contractions.
(14) During exercise it caused an average decrease in work performance of about 10%, which was equivalent to that performance decrement caused by a decrease in hemoglobin concentration of approximately 10%.
(15) Thus we conclude that both decrements in insulin and increments in glucagon play important roles in the prevention of hypoglycemia during exercise and do so by signaling increments in glucose production.
(16) Depressant drugs did not produce comparable decrements in sequential learning performance.
(17) Although freezing and thawing produced additional decrements in all the assays, the hypotonic stress response was better by a factor of 3.5 than that previously obtained in a cryopreservation method using 0.5 molar glycerol.
(18) Diabetes was associated with a general decrement in the activity of oxidative marker enzymes for all fiber types except the fast-twitch glycolytic fiber.
(19) There was proved, that semen pH increase was correlated to zinc concentration decrement in the semen fluid.
(20) Multiple decrement lifetable procedures were used to calculate the likelihood for breast feeding a each month of the child's age.
Increment
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.
(n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
(n.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction from its present value to its next ascending value; the finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable quantity is increased.
(n.) An amplification without strict climax,
Example Sentences:
(1) With glucose and protein as intraduodenal stimulus (no pancreatin added), the plasma amino acids rose significantly less (by approximately 50% of the control experiment) and the increment in insulin (but not C-peptide) concentrations was significantly reduced by loxiglumide.
(2) The incremental orthostatic effects of the two drugs were similar in the two age groups and were positively correlated (r = 0.65, p less than 0.001) in individual subjects.
(3) The RNA solutions showed a dielectric increment proportional to the strength of the applied field and to the RNA concentration.
(4) Subjects underwent measurement of lung volumes, arterial blood gas analysis and an incremental bicycle exercise test.
(5) It is shown that the combined effects of altitude and wind assistance yielded an increment in the length of the jump of about 31 cm, compared to a corresponding jump at sea level under still air conditions.
(6) Prof Bryan Williams, chair of the working party that developed the chart, said: "Many changes in healthcare are incremental but this new National Early Warning Score (News) has the potential to transform patient safety in our hospitals and improve patient outcomes.
(7) From the 32nd week on, the twins' mean weekly BPD increment decreased, this lesser growth rate being more marked than that of singletons.
(8) Increments in serum IGF-I occurred 4-6 h after initiated GH exposure in all studies.
(9) Weight increments were recorded 3 months before the study when patients were on Pancreatin, and 3 months after the study when patients were on Pancrease.
(10) The LTF4-induced increments of these immunoreactive metabolites was inhibited by pretreatment of the lungs with Indomethacin.
(11) IBA was defined as the percentage increment of the largest binocular response compared with the monocular response.
(12) The free tryptophan concentration in plasma corresponded closely with the increment level of tryptophan in diet when there was a normal level of dietary protein.
(13) Peak glucose and lactate increments occurred within 15 minutes of treatment, followed by a slower decline of plasma calcium levels.
(14) PB increased LPL secretion 2- to 3-fold and intracellular LPL 3- to 10-fold in a time-dependent manner; these increments were less in proportion to the length of the time interval between confluence and initiation of PB treatment.
(15) Seven remained pain free during the first 24 hr of NTG infusion; 11 required increments in NTG infusion rate for pain control.
(16) A visually reinforced headturn discrimination procedure was used to determine sensitivity to increments in peak F0 in synthetic speech in both bisyllabic (CVCVC) and trisyllabic (CVCVCVC) contexts.
(17) (2) Sequences of brightness steps of like polarity (either increments or decrements) elicit positive and negative motion-dependent response components when mimicking motion in the cell's preferred and null direction, respectively.
(18) Exaggerations of this presumed daily incremental rhythm lead to the formation of the more major incremental lines which can also be visualized by scanning electron microscopy.
(19) The data on monozygotic twins further suggested that for most variables examined, the increment of environmental discordance resulting from the twinning phenomena was greater than the developmental noise that caused asymmetry within individual cotwins.
(20) A strikingly significant lower level was found in the mean incremental values of TG ten minutes after injection in the schistosomal patients than the controls.