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decrement
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To subtract a number from another number. Decrementing a counter means to subtract 1 or some other number from its current value.


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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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