Diminution

[,dɪmɪ'njuːʃ(ə)n] or ['dɪmə'nʊʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original).

克利夫顿录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.

(n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.

(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.

伯特兰校对

同义词及近义词：

n. Decrease, lessening, decrement, reduction, abatement.

手打:特雷弗

解释:

n. a lessening: degradation.—adj. Dimin′utive of a diminished size: small: contracted.—n. (gram.) a word formed from another to express a little one of the kind.—adv. Dimin′utively.—n. Dimin′utiveness.

整理:李奥娜