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decrescent

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de·cres·cent  (d-krsnt)
adj.
Becoming gradually less; waning.

[Latin dcrscns, dcrscent-, present participle of dcrscere, to decrease; see decrease.]

decrescent [dɪˈkrɛsənt]
adj
(Astronomy) (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
[from Latin dēcrescēns growing less; see decrease]
decrescence  n


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PHOTO (1) From left, front row, are: Al DeCrescent and Happy Hall; second row, Michael Grayson, Lew Bregen, Louis Burg and Jack Stanley; third row, Nick Moreno, Dewey Lynch, Jack Spoons and Jimmy Bays.
 
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