To make (a quantity) smaller.
Of a quantity, to become 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.
To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
To flow back or return.
A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
The backwards flow of any fluid.
The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.