A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.
The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast.
A gradual diminishing of strength.
To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
Offspring, progeny
An amount by which a quantity is increased.