decrease
Let an agent explain decrease as a general concept, relay usage in mathematics, science and everyday language from dictionaries and technical sources, describe the named related terms, and distinguish decrease from reduction as an action, negative growth, decay in physics and desensitisation in medicine.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a decrease is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a decrease, and how does it differ from reduction, negative growth, physical decay and desensitisation? definition
- Is the question about language, maths, science or medicine? boundary
Terms
Related terms.
Terms
Terms.
- How do decay, decline, diminution, decrement and desensitisation differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Mathematics Mathematics.
Percent
Percentage decrease.
Percent
Percent.
- How are percentage decreases calculated and misreported? measurement
- Which references are standard? provenance
Functions
Decreasing functions.
Functions
Functions.
- What is a decreasing function and exponential decay? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Science Scientific senses.
Decay
Decay.
Decay
Decay.
- How is decay used in physics and biology? provenance
- Which entry fits radioactive decay? action
Desensitisation
Desensitisation.
Desensitisation
Desensitisation.
- What is desensitisation in allergy treatment and psychology? provenance
- Which entry fits allergen immunotherapy? action
Context Language.
Language
Usage.
Language
Language.
- How are decrease as noun and verb used? provenance
- Which entry fits increase? action
Computing
Decrement.
Computing
Computing.
- What does decrement mean in programming? provenance
- Which entry fits increment and decrement operators? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.process
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- decay, decline, diminution, decrement, desensitization, desensitisation, deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening, detumescence, ebb
What it is Filled
In the WordNet sense, a process of becoming smaller, shorter or less, also called diminution, decline or decrement, with related specialised terms the registry aliases include, such as decay, gradual decrease or deterioration, and desensitisation, a decreasing response to a stimulus in physiology or psychology, which is a specific kind of decrease rather than a synonym.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain decrease as a general concept, relay usage in mathematics, science and everyday language from dictionaries and technical sources, describe the named related terms, and distinguish decrease from reduction as an action, negative growth, decay in physics and desensitisation in medicine.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Change in magnitude
- Direction downward
- Many synonyms
- Aliases include specialised terms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat specialised terms as synonyms.
- Present a percentage point drop as a percent drop or the reverse.
- Describe a medical decrease without context in a way that misleads.
- Exaggerate or minimise decreases in reports.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting decreases in health or financial figures that people act on.
May
- Explain decrease as becoming less and give synonyms such as decline and diminution.
- Distinguish percent decreases from percentage point decreases.
- Note that specialised terms like desensitisation are kinds of decrease.
Moral aspects Filled
- Misleading figures shape public opinion and decisions.
- Clear language helps people judge risk.
Who is affected
- Readers of statistics
- Patients
- Students
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a word; dictionaries record its use.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-00029976-n - registry parent class
related
- change of magnitude - in WordNet terms
- increase
- exponential decay - as a mathematical form
- desensitization (psychology) - specialised sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.decrease
- Open English WordNet: oewn-13479774-n
- WordNet: oewn-00029976-n hypernym of decrease
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- WordNet hypernym: change of magnitude note
- decrement in computing: subtracting one, often written -- note
- percentage decrease: (old - new) / old x 100 formula
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Process of becoming smaller or less
- Decay, decline, diminution, decrement, desensitisation
- Reduction is often deliberate; negative growth is an economic term; radioactive decay is a physical process; desensitisation is a response change
- Not a visible object; shown as falling lines on graphs.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay usage across fields
- describe related terms
- distinguish specialised senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Treating specialised terms as synonyms
- Confusing percentage points and percent decreases
- Ambiguity in medical contexts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; an abstract process.
- declines in quantities
- decay processes
- decrements in computing
- desensitisation in physiology and psychology
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13479774-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: decrease - word senses and usage
Open questions
- The registry alias desensitisation should be linked to its own entries
- How should dictionary sources be linked?
- Should decay be separated into physical and general senses?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-decrease/spec.json