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decrementTo subtract a number from another number. Decrementing a counter means to subtract 1 or some other number from its current value. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To more precisely ascertain threshold, the current was decremented and reincremented until a range was reached where a stimulus was correctly identified at one intensity and not at a slightly lower one for three consecutive trials. Binary cumulative sum charts, based on the theory of sequential probability ratio tests, monitor a cumulative term that is incremented or decremented by certain amounts for each positive or negative result, respectively, in order to sequentially test between user-specified acceptable and unacceptable rates (35,36) (Equation 1). He decremented the ammunition from the planned starting point for each battery, using battlefield calculus (see Figure 1). |
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