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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

And so to qualify for the settlement, they have to show a larger decrement in cognitive function.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2021

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

He checked the decrement of the reflected radar pulse.

From Pushbutton War by John Schoenherr


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