Synonyms of the word shrinking


SHRINKINGDECREASE - DIMINUTION - DROP-OFF - LESSENING - REDUCTION - SHRINKAGE - STEP-DOWN

shrinking

  • v. present participle of shrink.
  • n. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

decrease

  • v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
  • n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

diminution

  • n. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
  • n. The act or process of making diminutive.
  • n. (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

drop-off

  • n. A sudden downward slope.
  • n. A sudden decrease (such as in the level of sales).

lessening

  • v. present participle of lessen.
  • n. A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.

reduction

  • n. The act, process, or result of reducing.
  • n. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
  • n. (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen…
  • n. (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
  • n. (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
  • n. (computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction…
  • n. (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
  • n. (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness…
  • n. (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

shrinkage

  • n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  • n. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
  • n. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

step-down

  • adj. That decreases in stages.
  • adj. (of a transformer etc) That reduces a voltage.

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