On the decrease.
decreasing
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for decreasing.
Editorial note
Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.
Quick take
On the decrease.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of decreasing gathered in one view.
(knitting) A decrease.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for decreasing.
adjective
On the decrease.
See also: diminishing, dwindling, abating, declining, falling
noun
(knitting) A decrease.
See also: diminishing, dwindling, abating, declining, falling
Example sentences
Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.
We choose which rule to obey to optimize our state - increase desired effects while decreasing undesired effects.
The article notes that the universal star formation rate has been decreasing for a while, since about redshift 2.
Traffic per user is decreasing that is why you are seeing moves like this to boost traffic.
Marx's work predates the marginal revolution, so he can't be personally faulted for not understanding concepts like marginally decreasing utility.
Certainly the larger ones contain infrastructure that can be repurposed, and the asking prices is decreasing.
Also unilaterally decreasing the nuclear stockpile from about 5000 right now to say 4000 or 2000 is not really dangerous.
Basically, the uproar was caused by a very speculative theory [1] that solar magnetic activity might be decreasing in the coming decades.
It has the effect of systematically decreasing the standard deviation in developer salaries.
The idea that the decreasing marginal cost of making copies is somehow a new concept and unique to the digital world is completely absurd.
But I think the interesting thing about reducing RAM power consumption is decreasing passive power.
Again, my point was that if you have some measure of productivity P such that decreasing sum(P(employees)) increases P(sum(employees)), your P is not a good measure.
Quote examples
(The singular with a "the" means the Bitcoin blockchain, which is increasingly centralised under a decreasing number of Chinese mining pools.
But that wouldn't settle the issue, because I would still need some way to distinguish between projects that have decreasing commits because developer impetus is petering out as projects become more unwieldy, and projects that have decreasing commits because they are nearing "completion".
You bring up another good point about "Eroom's Law" in which pharma productivity is actually decreasing, and that article was actually one of the things that got us interested in trying to do something new.
Proper noun examples
Decreasing house prices decrease demand.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use decreasing in a sentence?
Maybe the solution is to simply increase the birthrate, thereby decreasing per capita consumption.
What does decreasing mean?
On the decrease.
What part of speech is decreasing?
decreasing is commonly used as adjective, noun.