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a.
Incapable of being diminished.
v. i.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
n.
A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
superl.
Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
n.
An imperfect or diminished fifth.
a.
Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.
v. t.
To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
v. i.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
n.
That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
v. t.
An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted."
n.
A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size.
v. i.
To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
a. & adv.
Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
v.
Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
v. i.
To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually.
v. i.
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.
n.
An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope.
n.
An imperfect or diminished fourth.
n.
The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution.
n.
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.
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