"decrescent" meaning in English

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      "form": "more decrescent",
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        "Becoming gradually less; diminishing."
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        "Waning."
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        "A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right)."
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        "(heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right)."
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