diminution
nounEtymology
From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.
- derived from dīminūtiō
- derived from diminucion
- derived from diminuciun
- inherited from diminucioun
Definitions
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
- Another part, feeling a diminution of confidence in him, still hope that the general tenor of his conduct will be essentially right.
- Cold is usually shapeless, I suppose, extending over large spaces equally, or with gradual diminution.
The act or process of making diminutive.
a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note…
a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
The neighborhood
- synonymabatement
- synonymdeclension
- synonymdecline
- synonymdecrease
- synonymdecrement
- synonymdiminution
- synonymlessening
- synonymreduction
- synonymshrinking
- antonymaugmentation
- neighbordiminish
- neighbordiminished
- neighbordiminuendo
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at diminution. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at diminution. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at diminution
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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