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Synonyms for wane

to become or cause to become less active or intense

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the act or process of becoming less active or intense

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Synonyms for wane

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

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become smaller

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decrease in phase

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Wane factor for MOE ([DELTA][I.sub.z]) was calculated as the ratio of the second moment of area of the waned cross section ([I.sub.zw]) to the cross section without wanes ([I.sub.z]).
Wane factor for bending strength ([DELTA][W.sub.z]) was calculated as the ratio of the smallest section modulus of the waned cross section ([W.sub.zw]) to the cross section without wanes ([W.sub.z]).
In order to find this limit, second moments of area of waned parts of cross sections were compared with calculating these parts as circular sections with radius defined by the width of the beam and the wane on the actual side and the adjacent edges of the vertical sides.
Bending strength and modulus of elasticity of squares with wane as compared with round timber of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, pertussis cases in many industrialized nations began rising among people whose immunity had waned. A rise has been apparent, too, among infants under 2 months old, who are too young to receive the vaccine.
Persistent cough: pertussis rises in young adults and infants
When the war ended, interest in guayule waned as the flow of rubber from Southeast Asia resumed, and the synthetic rubber industry was taking off.
Guayule returns. (Editorial)
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