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diminishing
(encz) | diminishing,klesající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diminishing
(encz) | diminishing,klesání n: Zdeněk Brož |
diminishing
(encz) | diminishing,zmenšování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Diminishing
(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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diminishing
(wn) | diminishing
adj 1: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so;
"diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her" |
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diminishing
(encz) | diminishing,klesající adj: Zdeněk Broždiminishing,klesání n: Zdeněk Broždiminishing,zmenšování n: Zdeněk Brož |
diminishing marginal utility of consumption
(encz) | diminishing marginal utility of consumption,snižování marginální užitné
hodnoty spotřeby [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
diminishing returns
(encz) | diminishing returns, |
law of diminishing marginal productivity
(encz) | law of diminishing marginal productivity,zákon klesající marginální
produktivity [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
law of diminishing marginal utility
(encz) | law of diminishing marginal utility,zákon klesající mezní
užitečnosti [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
law of diminishing returns
(encz) | law of diminishing returns,zákon klesajících výnosů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
law of diminishing utility
(encz) | Law of Diminishing Utility,zákon klesajícího užitku Mgr. Dita Gálová |
Diminishing rule
(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.
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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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Diminishing 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.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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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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Diminishing stile
(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.
[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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Diminishingly
(gcide) | Diminishingly \Di*min"ish*ing*ly\, adv.
In a manner to diminish.
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diminishing
(wn) | diminishing
adj 1: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so;
"diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her" |
law of diminishing returns
(wn) | law of diminishing returns
n 1: a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of
performance has been reached will result in a decline in
effectiveness |
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