Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIMINISHED
pp. Lessened; made smaller; reduced in size; contracted; degraded.
New American Oxford Dictionary
diminished
di min ished |diˈminiSHt dəˈmɪnɪʃt | ▶adjective 1 made smaller or less: a diminished role for local government. • [ predic. ] made to seem less impressive or valuable: she felt diminished by the report. 2 [ attrib. ] Music denoting or containing an interval that is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval: a diminished fifth.
diminished capacity
di min ished ca pac i ty ▶noun Law an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and is recognized as grounds to reduce the charge.
diminished seventh
di min ished sev enth ▶noun Music 1 the interval that is a semitone less than a minor seventh, e.g., from A to G flat (which in equal tuning sounds the same as a major sixth ). 2 (also diminished seventh chord ) a chord formed by a note together with those above it at intervals of a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a diminished seventh. The resulting chord consists entirely of superimposed minor thirds, and is much used in modern music in modulating between keys.
Oxford Dictionary
diminished
di ¦min |ished |dɪˈmɪnɪʃt | ▶adjective 1 made smaller or less: a diminished role for local government. • [ predic. ] made to seem less impressive or valuable: she felt diminished by the report. 2 [ attrib. ] Music denoting or containing an interval which is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval: a diminished fifth.
diminished responsibility
di ¦min |ished re |spon ¦si |bil ¦ity ▶noun [ mass noun ] English Law an unbalanced mental state which is considered to make a person less answerable for murder, being recognized as grounds to reduce the charge to that of manslaughter.
diminished seventh
di ¦min |ished sev |enth ▶noun Music 1 the interval which is a semitone less than a minor seventh, e.g. from A to G flat (which in equal tuning sounds the same as a major sixth ). 2 (also diminished seventh chord ) a chord formed by a note together with those above it at intervals of a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a diminished seventh. The resulting chord consists entirely of superimposed minor thirds, and is much used in modern music in modulating between keys.
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