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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dim-uh-noo-shuh n, -nyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪm əˈnu ʃən, -ˈnyu- |
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Définition of diminution
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin diminutionem (nominative diminutio), earlier deminutionem, noun of action from past participle stem of deminuere (see diminish).
- noun lessening, reduction
- In buying or selling, any excess or diminution of what the law allows shall be registered.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- The difficulty increases with the increase, and diminishes with the diminution of the number.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- We have borne the heat without any diminution of natural strength.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
- There seems no diminution in the plague yet, that we can discern.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
- The diminution is often considerable, often indeed absolute.
- Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
- The diminution is chiefly at the expense of the polynuclear cells.
- Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
- It was long before there arrived any diminution in the unholy racket.
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- Do they observe, or fancy they observe, any diminution in the strength of England?
- Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
- The diminution revealed by the 1911 Census amounts to 76,000.
- Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
- There shall be no diminution of my love, no retraction of my promises.
- Extract from : « The Romance of an Old Fool » by Roswell Field
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