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Definitions of diminution in various dictionaries:
noun - change toward something smaller or lower
noun - the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
noun - the act of decreasing or reducing something
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| Obscure union - it might well be weakening |
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| Jan 18 2002 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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| a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. |
| A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. |
| reduction in size or importance: |
| a reduction in size, importance, or value: |
| The act or process of diminishing a lessening or reduction. |
| The resulting reduction decrease. |
| Music Statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration, usually one-half, of the original. |
| the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) |
| the act of decreasing or reducing something |
| change toward something smaller or lower |
| Diminution description |
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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 where a melody, theme or motif is presented in shorter note-values than were previously used. Diminution is also the term for the proportional shortening of the value of individual note-shapes in mensural notation, either by coloration or by a sign of proportion. A minor or perfect interval that is narrowed by a chromatic semitone is a diminished interval, and the process may be referred to as diminution (this, too, was sometimes referred to as "coloration").* |