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Definition of: diminution

(dim′ə·noomacr′shən, -nyoomacr′-) noun
1. The act of diminishing, or the condition of being diminished: reduction.
2. Music The repetition of a theme in notes of one half or one quarter the time value of those first used: opposite of augmentation. [<AF diminuciun <L diminutio, deminutio, -onis <diminuere. See DIMINISH.]

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considerable diminution
sudden diminution
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gradual diminution
slight diminution
general diminution
ge diminution
consequent diminution
rapid diminution
huge diminution
marked diminution
diminution thereof
diminution motet

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