Term Gallery logo

Meanings of diminution in English

Portuguese
redução
Catalan
reducció
Spanish
merma

The act of abating or the state of being abated.

    redução
    Spanish
    disminución

    The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

          disminución
          Usage of diminution in English
          1
          A diminution in difficulty is often offset by long gaps between protection.
          Climbing Magazine
          2
          You are sure of a diminution in the power of the clergy.
          A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
          3
          There was a modest diminution in cortisone across the 5 time points.
          Pubmed
          4
          The positive diminution in the supply of liquid has been too great.
          Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
          5
          He counted the minutes he lost in awaiting the diminution of floods.
          Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
          6
          The pick bites meanly, the wave grandly; hence a diminution of beauty.
          The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
          7
          Presently, there was a slight diminution in the force of the seas.
          Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
          8
          This diminution was a natural sequence of the decrease of war raids.
          The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
          9
          It would also mean a diminution in authority, title and possibly staff.
          Reuters
          10
          After his time there was some diminution of the sect in England.
          Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3
          11
          The diminution of a pile of crowns made bankers sing the Marseillaise.
          Les Misérables
          12
          Every year without fail they suffered through a diminution of pure stuff.
          The Yankee Years
          13
          His love for Pocahontas had suffered no diminution; rather, it had increased.
          Princess
          14
          These were the first retrenchments, and the diminution of dignity was felt.
          Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
          15
          There must be free thought, scepticism, diminution in the intensity of herd-instinct.
          The Problem of China
          16
          This diminution of endothelial cell damage was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy.
          Pubmed
          About this term
          More collocations
          Translations for diminution
          Diminution through the time
          Diminution across language varieties
          United Kingdom
          Common
          United States of America
          Less common