väheneminen — meaning in English

English meaning

• attrition noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
• loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
• wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

väheneminen is used for these senses in English:

• attrition A gradual reduction in number.
• loss (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
• wane The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

attrition — full definition

1. noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
2. noun The physical wearing away of a surface by friction or grinding.

loss — full definition

1. noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
2. noun Defeat in a game, contest, or war.
3. noun The grief felt after someone close to you dies.
4. noun An amount of money spent or given up without a matching gain.

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