"decrementation" meaning in English

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    }
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        "2": "decrement",
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      "expansion": "decrement + -ation",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "decrement + -ation",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decrementations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "decrementation (countable and uncountable, plural decrementations)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The act or process of decrementing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "decrement",
          "decrement"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Dekrement"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dekrementacja"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛkɹəmənˈteɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrementation"
}

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      "word": "incrementation"
    }
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        "2": "decrement",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "decrement + -ation",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decrementations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "decrementation (countable and uncountable, plural decrementations)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act or process of decrementing."
      ],
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        [
          "decrement",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛkɹəmənˈteɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dekrement"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dekrementacja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrementation"
}