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diminution    音标拼音: [d,ɪmən'uʃən]
n. 减少,缩小,减低

减少,缩小,减低

diminution
n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [synonym: {decline},
{diminution}]
2: the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually
half the length of the original) [ant: {augmentation}]
3: the act of decreasing or reducing something [synonym: {decrease},
{diminution}, {reduction}, {step-down}] [ant: {increase},
{step-up}]

Diminution \Dim`i*nu"tion\, n. [L. diminutio, or perh. rather
deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See {Diminish}.]
1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less;
state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or
degree; -- opposed to {augmentation} or {increase}.
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2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the
state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in
estimation; degradation; abasement.
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The world's opinion or diminution of me. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked
In military honor next. --Philips.
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3. (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
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4. (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a
subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the
subject itself.

Syn: Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction;
decrement.
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100 Moby Thesaurus words for "diminution":
abatement, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, analgesia,
anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation,
attrition, blunting, calming, concavity, contraction, curtailment,
cut, cutting, dampening, damping, de-escalation, deadening,
debasement, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation,
degradation, demotion, demulsion, depletion, depreciation,
depression, derogation, descent, detraction, detrusion,
diminishment, dip, disparagement, ducking, dulcification, dulling,
dying, dying off, ease, easement, easing, extenuation, extraction,
fade-out, falling-off, hauling down, hollowness, hushing,
impairment, languishment, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup,
lightening, loosening, lowering, lulling, miniaturization,
mitigation, modulation, mollification, numbing, pacification,
palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief,
remedy, remission, retraction, retrenchment, sagging, salving,
scaling down, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, sinking,
slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, submergence,
subtraction, tempering, thrusting under, tranquilization,
truncation, weakening


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