Decrease and Console

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

• A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall.
  • synonyms: console table
• A scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system. )
• An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture. )
  • usage: "the bust of Napoleon stood on a console"
• Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television.
  • synonyms: cabinet

verb

• Give moral or emotional strength to.
  • synonyms: comfort, soothe, solace

• (v.t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
• (n.) Any small bracket; also, a console table.
• (n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

(DoD, NATO) A grouping of controls, indicators, and similar electronic or mechanical equipment, used to monitor readiness of, and/or control specific functions of, a system, such as missile checkout, countdown, or launch operations.