A lessening, decrease or reduction. / The act or process of making diminutive. / (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

plural of diminution

The state or quality of being diminutive.

In a diminutive manner.

(obsolete) Small; diminutive.

To lead to diminution, to lessen.

The act or process of diminutizing.

To put (a word, name) in a diminutive form. / To make (someone or something) appear smaller (often in a figurative sense).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diminutize

plural of diminutization