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diminished
(encz) | diminished,zmenšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Diminished
(gcide) | Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
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Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
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2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
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O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See Decrease.
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diminished
(wn) | diminished
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened,
vitiated, weakened]
2: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as
a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial
paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" [syn:
atrophied, wasted, diminished] [ant: enlarged,
hypertrophied]
3: (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect
or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"
4: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her
comments made me feel small" [syn: belittled, diminished,
small] |
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diminished
(encz) | diminished,zmenšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diminished arch
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undiminished
(encz) | undiminished,neztenčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
belittled diminished small
(gcide) | decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Diminished column
(gcide) | Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
[1913 Webster]
Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
[1913 Webster]
2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
[1913 Webster]
This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
[1913 Webster]
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
[1913 Webster]
O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
[1913 Webster]
4. To take away; to subtract.
[1913 Webster]
Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See Decrease.
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diminished lessened
(gcide) | decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Diminished scale
(gcide) | Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
[1913 Webster]
Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
[1913 Webster]
2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
[1913 Webster]
This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
[1913 Webster]
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
[1913 Webster]
O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
[1913 Webster]
4. To take away; to subtract.
[1913 Webster]
Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
[1913 Webster]
Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See Decrease.
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Undiminished
(gcide) | Undiminished \Undiminished\
See diminished. |
diminished
(wn) | diminished
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened,
vitiated, weakened]
2: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as
a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial
paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" [syn:
atrophied, wasted, diminished] [ant: enlarged,
hypertrophied]
3: (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect
or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"
4: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her
comments made me feel small" [syn: belittled, diminished,
small] |
diminished arch
(wn) | diminished arch
n 1: an arch whose height is less than half its width [syn:
skeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch, {diminished
arch}] |
undiminished
(wn) | undiminished
adj 1: not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering" [syn:
undiminished, unrelieved] |
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