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decrement

[dek-ruh-muhnt] / ˈdɛk rə mənt /


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"There's no good evidence that it causes a long-term or permanent decrement in your memory, but it definitely interferes with people's ability to sort of encode new information."

From Salon Oct. 17, 2022

Cummings studied 27 subjects in a four-hour-long driving simulation and found that, on average, their vigilance decreased after just under 21 minutes—a physiological phenomenon known as the vigilance decrement.

From Slate Mar. 26, 2018

In fact, Cummings’ team at Duke was successfully able to monitor the vigilance decrement in their research.

From Slate Mar. 26, 2018

It wasn’t quite a hole, but a relative decrement in the quantity of local ozone near the South Pole during a particular time of year.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2016

Compare with its positive correspondent invasion; compare decrement, p.

From De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars by William Edward Simonds




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