Определение diminution в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: A lessening, decrease or reduction
The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.; The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme; reduction; {n} the act of lessening, loss, discredit; The principle which states that objects farther from our eye appear smaller and smaller, the further away they are located Our direct perceptive observations must overrule our knowledge: we know all telephone poles going down the street are equal in size, but must draw them as we actually see them The same is observable in the squares of a sidewalk which stretches out before us; the process of decreasing the time values of the notes of a melody; the act of decreasing or reducing something; The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement; A term used primarily in the manipulation of movement The original movement is made smaller in terms of space, range (size) or time; the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse; The speeding up of a musical phrase by decreasing (usually halving) the length of the notes; {i} reduction, decrease; A bower; a dingle; Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; us; In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself; Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record; the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original); process of decreasing; change toward something smaller or lower; A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar; (di-mi-nu'-shon) The defacing of some particular point in an escutcheon; (opposite of augmentation) A way of playing a melody in which the time value for each note is shortened compared with the original In practice, the time value is usually halved; The shortening of note values; the opposite of augmentation; Where the theme is heard in notes of shorter length (usually half) than in its original form; To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken thesenses or understanding of; To grow dim; 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; A diminution of something is its reduction in size, importance, or intensity. despite a slight diminution in asset value. = reduction. a reduction in the size, number, or amount of something diminution of/in (minuere ); diminishment; rebate
diminution of value: lessening of value, reduction of worth
A diminution: minoration
diminutions: plural of diminution