n.

1. 1. The act or process of diminishing; a lessening or reduction.
   2. The resulting reduction; decrease.
2. Music. Statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration, usually one-half, of the original.

[Middle English diminucioun, from Old French diminution, from Latin dīminūtiō, dīminūtiōn-, from dīminūtus, past participle of dīminuere. See diminish.]

diminutional dim'i·nu'tion·al adj.

noun

The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase/decrease.

n

Definition: lessening, reduction
Antonyms: development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase

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Term denoting a kind of ornamentation involving the breaking down of a number of long notes into a larger number of short notes - that is, a diminution of note values through the increase in the number of notes to be played in the same time. It is one of the commonest methods in the Renaissance and Baroque periods of introducing melodic variation. The term is also used, particularly regarding fugue, for the playing of a melody in shorter notes (commonly at double speed).

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Contractura or reduction of the diameter of a column-shaft with height: in Antiquity it began from the lowest part of the shaft, but C18 practice began it from about a third of the height. It is associated with entasis.

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Taking away; reduction; lessening; incompleteness.

The term diminution is used in law to signify that a record submitted by an inferior court to a superior court for review is not complete or not fully certified.

Diminution in market value is a rule of damages, within which the proper measure of damages for permanent injury to real property is the reduction of market value for any use to which the property might be appropriated. It is a rule providing for the before-and-after value of stolen or damaged property.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - formindskelse, svind, diminuering

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermindering, afname

Français (French)
n. - diminution, baisse, réduction, affaiblissement, abaissement (de la température), baisse de (l'autorité), (Mus) diminution

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verminderung, Verringerung, Schmälerung, (Mus.) Verkleinerung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μείωση, ελάττωση

Italiano (Italian)
diminuzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diminuição (f)

Русский (Russian)
уменьшение

Español (Spanish)
n. - disminución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avtagande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
减少, 减低, 缩小

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 減少, 減低, 縮小

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 축소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 減少, 先細り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقصان, تنقيص, إنقاص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפחתה, הקטנה, הכמות שפחתה, חזרה על קטע מוסיקלי בצלילים קצרים מהמקוריים‬

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