Associations to the word «Diminished»

DIMINISHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of diminish

DIMINISHED, adjective. Lessened, reduced.

DIMINISHED, adjective. (music) reduced by a semitone

DIMINISHED FIFTH, noun. (music) A type of tritone in musical composition comprising of six semitones. It spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented fourth.

DIMINISHED FIFTHS, noun. Plural of diminished fifth

DIMINISHED FOURTH, noun. (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a perfect fourth and enharmonically equivalent to a major third.

DIMINISHED FOURTHS, noun. Plural of diminished fourth

DIMINISHED INTERVAL, noun. (music) an interval that is decreased from either a minor interval or a perfect interval

DIMINISHED INTERVALS, noun. Plural of diminished interval

DIMINISHED NINTH, noun. (music) an interval that is equivalent to an octave

DIMINISHED NINTHS, noun. Plural of diminished ninth

DIMINISHED OCTAVE, noun. (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.

DIMINISHED OCTAVES, noun. Plural of diminished octave

DIMINISHED RADIX COMPLEMENT, noun. The number which, added to the given n-digit number in radix r, results in \(r^n - 1\). In binary (\(r=2\)), this is the ones' complement; in decimal (\(r=10\)), this is the nines' complement.

DIMINISHED SECOND, noun. (music) an interval that is equivalent to a unison

DIMINISHED SECONDS, noun. Plural of diminished second

DIMINISHED SEVENTH, noun. (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.

DIMINISHED SEVENTH CHORD, noun. (music) a chord with the bass note, minor third, diminished fifth, and diminished seventh above it

DIMINISHED SEVENTH CHORDS, noun. Plural of diminished seventh chord

DIMINISHED SEVENTHS, noun. Plural of diminished seventh

DIMINISHED SIXTH, noun. (music) an interval that is equivalent to a perfect fifth

DIMINISHED SIXTHS, noun. Plural of diminished sixth

DIMINISHED THIRD, noun. (music) an interval that is equivalent to a major second

DIMINISHED THIRDS, noun. Plural of diminished third

DIMINISHED TRIAD, noun. (music) a triad that has a diminished fifth between the bottom note and the top note

DIMINISHED TRIADS, noun. Plural of diminished triad

DIMINISHED VALUE, noun. (legal) (insurance) A compensable loss in a property item's value after having been damaged and subsequently repaired or, in the case of a construction, having been constructed improperly or not according to contract.

DIMINISHED, adjective. Impaired by diminution.

DIMINISHED, 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".

DIMINISHED, adjective. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth".

DIMINISHED, adjective. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small".