1) Abatement 2) Amortisation 3) Amortization 4) Contraction 5) Cutback 6) Declassification 7) Decline 8) Decrease 9) Depletion 10) Depreciation 11) Devitalisation 12) Devitalization 13) Discount 14) Ebb 15) Ebbing 16) Minimisation 17) Minimization 18) Mitigation 19) Nonincrease 20) Reduction 21) Wane
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1) Decline 2) Decrease 3) Decrement 4) French word used in English 5) Lessening 6) Reduction
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- change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
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In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings. Diminution may be a form of embellishment in which a long note is divided into a series of shorter, usually melodic, values (also called `coloration`). Diminution may also be the compositional device .....
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[satire] Diminution is a satirical technique. It reduces the size of something in order that it may be made to appear ludicrous, or in order to be closely examined. For example, if the Canadian Members of Parliament are portrayed as squabbling, spoiled little boys and girls, this would be diminution. A diminutive satire is Gulliver`s Travel...
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• (n.) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record. • (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself. • (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement. &bul...
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(from the article `ornamentation`) ...dances, dating from the 13th century, show features of a purely instrumental style of ornamentation. In 14th-century Italian secular music a ...
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Dim`i·nu'tion noun [ Latin
diminutio , or perhaps rather
deminutio : confer French
diminution . See
Diminish .]
1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to
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In music, a diminution is the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself within the counterpoint.
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n] - the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
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diminution 1. A lessening, decreasing, or reduction of something, or the result of such a reduction. 2. The act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction. 3. The repetition of a musical phrase, using notes that are of a shorter duration than in the original phrase.
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noun change toward something smaller or lower
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noun the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
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to halve the note values of a melody
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the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction. · the repetition or imitation of a subject or theme in notes of shorter duration than those first used.
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change toward something smaller or lower
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