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diminished

/ dɪˈmɪnɪʃt /

adjective

reduced or lessened; made smaller
music denoting any minor or perfect interval reduced by a semitone
music denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a minor third and a diminished fifth
music postpositive (esp in jazz or pop music) denoting a diminished seventh chord having as its root the note specified
B diminished

He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.

The violence continues, but on a scale diminished since when American bases and outposts dotted the province.

But it is based on the chord structure of what I played before it, except that it was based on a diminished scale.

With the right person in the right job, the need for on-the-job support is diminished.

But there is no credible data yet showing that the reach of ISIS messaging has diminished.

Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.

Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.

They often appear in digestive disturbances, in neurasthenia, and when the oxidizing power of the system is diminished.

In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.

And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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