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diminution
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diminution
Music the presentation of the subject of a fugue, etc., in which the note values are reduced in length
diminution [‚dim·ə′nü·shən]
(botany)
Increasing simplification of inflorescences on successive branches.
(computer science)
Limiting the negative effect of an attack on a computer system.
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The dissonant intervals," according to my music dictionary, "are the seconds, sevenths, and all augmented and diminished intervals.
Preliminary notes for a semantics of music by Fletcher, Stanley / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
 
 
 
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