Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
The expression of a function in the form of a series.
The building of such a project.
Something which has developed.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.