Decrease and Amplification

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail.
  • usage: "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"
  • synonyms: elaboration
• The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input.
  • synonyms: gain
• Electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current. (.

• (n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
• (n.) The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
• (n.) The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.