The phrase "a decrease in size" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in dimensions or volume of an object, concept, or phenomenon.
Example: "The study showed a significant decrease in size of the tumor after the treatment."
Alternatives: "a reduction in size" or "a shrinkage in size".
When starved, the larvae of clothes moths (Tineola) have been known to have a dozen molts, sometimes accompanied by a decrease in size.
Initially fully amorphous SiC layers showed a decrease in size after SHI irradiation with a recrystallization occurring at the amorphous crystalline interface.
As the size of the design history increases with the number of collaborative designers and their design stages, this design history mechanism contributes to a decrease in size and captures the characteristics of design using features.
Analysis of Raman spectra for both film types indicates a decrease in size of the film-forming clusters and simultaneous arrangement of atoms towards graphite-like structure with increasing ion bombardment intensity.
All three otolith types (lapilli, sagittae, and asterisci) of P. mexicana showed a decrease in size ranging from the non-sulphidic cave habitat (Cueva Luna Azufre), to non-sulphidic surface habitats, to the sulphidic cave (Cueva del Azufre), to sulphidic surface habitats (El Azufre), to P. sulphuraria.
Several patterns in size variation were evidenced: i) there is a size gradient in molar teeth decreasing from North to South in modern mice, ii) a similar North-South gradient is present in archeological material indicating that it has existed at least since Gallo-Roman times, and iii) there is a decrease in size between the Gallo-Roman samples and modern ones.
The particle size obtained through dynamic light scattering (DLS) indicate that increasing temperature up to 120 °C led to an increase in the physical dimensions of the asphaltene particles, while a decrease in size is noticed at temperatures above 120 °C.
A decrease in size can lead to unusual ferromagnetic and diamagnetic properties.
One had an increase and then a decrease in size in the 6- and 12-month follow-up MRI, respectively.
The treated cells showed a decrease in size and irregular shape; loss of cytoplasm and light staining; plasmolysis; and appearance of bubbles [Fig. 5a (iii)].
The Ni and Ni-Sn nanoparticles are characterized by a spherical morphology with a decrease in size with the addition of Sn.
