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wane verb

  /weɪn/
  • (intransitive, astronomy) Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
  • (intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
 décroître
  • (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
 décliner

wane noun

  /weɪn/
  • A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
  • 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.
  • (literary) The end of a period.
 déclin
  • (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
 flache

waning noun

  /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
  • The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
 diminution, décroissance

waning adjective

  /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
  • Becoming weaker or smaller.
  • Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
 décroissant
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