Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Decrescent

Decrescent , adjective

[Latin decrescens, present participle of decrescere. See Decrease.]

Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.

Decrescent , noun

(Heraldry) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister. — Cussans