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Definition of Diminished

1. Adjective. Impaired by diminution.

2. Adjective. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. "Partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

3. Adjective. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval. "A diminished fifth"

4. Adjective. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth). "Her comments made me feel small"

Definition of Diminished

1. Verb. (past of diminish) ¹

2. Adjective. lessened, reduced. ¹

3. Adjective. (music) reduced by a semitone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diminished

1. diminish [v] - See also: diminish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diminished

dimetrodon dimication dimications dimictic dimidiate dimidiate hermaphroditism dimidiated dimidiates dimidiating dimidiation

diminazen diminazene diming diminish diminishable diminished (current term) diminished arch diminished fifth diminished fifths diminished fourth

diminished fourths diminished interval diminished intervals diminished ninth diminished ninths diminished octave diminished octaves diminished radix complement diminished second diminished seconds

Literary usage of Diminished

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"Also for paths between D and E, as well as between F and G, the component of the velocity in the direction ArP will be diminished. Only between E and F is ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"CHAP, were diminished in the age of the crusades. ... Had the diminished strength and numbers of the Latins allowed them to grasp the whole circumference of ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"(4) The diminished resistance of many diabetics to infections is not, therefore, attributable exclusively, nor even chiefly, to a decrease of the ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The total strength of the British troops, all of the royal army, was largely increased, while that of the native troops was largely diminished. ..."

5. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"How can the number of such histories be diminished? The first step toward the attainment of this end would be, as we conceive, the enactment and honest ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"It is not necessary often to elaborate quite so much as this—for increased elaboration means diminished freedom of arrangement on the shelves—but we hav,e ..."

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