diminution
Academic Word List, sublist 9.
About 1.87 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A lessening, decrease or reduction.
The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
- noun The act or process of making diminutive.
- noun a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
Similar words
decrease step-down decline reduction lessening diminishment decrement diminishing dwindling reduced
Often followed by
of in or and is de by to from
Word family
diminish diminished diminishes diminishing diminutions
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