Decrease and Truncation

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

• The property of being truncated or short.
  • synonyms: shortness
• The replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces. )
• The act of cutting short.
  • usage: "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"

• (n.) The state of being truncated.
• (n.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.
• (n.) The act of truncating, lopping or cutting off.

truncation is the arrangement under which a financial institution does not return canceled checks or drafts to the account holder. Instead, the checks or drafts are microfilmed and the microfilm becomes the record if the customer requests a copy of the check or draft.