diminishingn.

Etymology: < diminish v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishing.

1. The action of diminish v.; lessening, diminution.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waningc900

littlingOE

lessingc1350

abating1370

diminutionc1374

minishinga1382

decrease1383

remissiona1398

shrinkinga1398

decreasing1398

adminishing?c1400

abbreviation?a1425

lessening?a1425

minoration?a1425

disincrease1430

abatement1433

restrictiona1450

batea1475

diminuation1477

limitation1483

abate1486

minute1495

minishment1533

mitigation1533

diminishinga1535

extenuation1542

slacking1542

reduce1549

diminishment1551

perditionc1555

debatementa1563

rebatement1573

obstriction1578

imminution1583

contracting1585

contraction1589

rabate1589

rebating1598

retrenchmentc1600

decession1606

ravalling1609

reducement1619

decrement1621

bating1629

shrivellinga1631

decretion1635

dejection1652

abater1653

rolling back1658

limiting1677

batement1679

reduction1695

depression1793

downdraw1813

descent1832

decess1854

lowering1868

shrinkage1873

dégringolade1883

minification1894

degrowth1920

downrating1950

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 56/1 Thinges..redounding to y^e minishing of his honor.

1582 R. Wimbledon (title) A Sermon no less fruitful than famous..set foorth by the olde copy, without addings or diminishings.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 90 That their Liberties and Rights were the impairing and deminishing of his regal power.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxiv. 302 The one end of her life seemed to her to be the diminishing of sorrow.

2. Architecture. Tapering; = diminution n. 9 ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > narrowing towards top

diminishing1563

contraction1624

contracture1664

diminution1706

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ciii How to close and finish the diminishing of the pillors.

a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 45 Y^e deminishing of y^e pilasters.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 142 In every Course to make a two Inch set off..will preserve the diminishing of the Pier.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

diminishingadj.

Etymology: < diminish v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishing.

1. That diminishes or lessens:

a. That makes less. Spec. diminishing glass, an instrument which causes objects to appear smaller than they appear to the naked eye; diminishing mirror, a convex mirror in which the image is reduced in scale; diminishing rod, that part of the mechanism of a cotton-roving machine which gives the bobbins of roving their conical ends.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > producing or allowing decrease

reductive1633

straiteninga1652

diminishing1665

diminutive1677

remissive1686

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > diminishing glass

diminishing glass1665

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 3 [It] may by..some convenient Diminishing-Glasses, be made vanish into a scarce visible Speck.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 210 If they could read through a diminishing glass.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xiv. 225 A private sitting-room..fitted up with a diminishing mirror.

1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. i. 2 They [sc. children] looked like a full-grown couple seen through a diminishing-glass.

1890 J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery x. 168 The slide in its reciprocal vertical movement causes, by means of the ‘diminishing rod’ or ‘hangar bar’, the upper cradle to oscillate in its centre.

1896 Daily News 28 May 2/2 Diminishing and magnifying glasses such as are used by artists.

b. That grows less. Esp. in the law of diminishing return(s), in Economics, the principle that the expenditure of labour or capital beyond a certain point does not produce a proportionately corresponding return (see quot. 1938); also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective]

lessening1611

smalling1665

diminishing1793

minifying1850

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

shrinking?a1400

welkinga1400

moderativec1487

thinning1551

wanzing1571

decreasing1591

restricting1606

lessening1611

waning1632

assuaging1651

limiting1656

mitigating1749

diminishing1793

decrescent1811

shrivelling1849

dropping1894

scanting1916

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Introd. 4 The building is carried up..by diminishing stories, to the height of 115 feet.

1815 E. West Ess. Applic. Capital to Land 12 In the progress of improvement an equal quantity of work extracts from the soil a gradually diminishing return.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. xii. §2. 216 The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone..a temporary supersession.

1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. ii. 23 The great comprehensive principle to which we give the name, ‘the law of diminishing returns in agriculture’.

1894 Nature 26 July 291 The diminishing speed of the earth's rotation.

1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 61 From the point of view of..the collector of birds seen and recorded, the law of diminishing returns has set in; only very seldom is he rewarded by the sight or sound of a species new or little known to him.

1938 F. Benham Econ. ix. 130 We may now state the Law of Diminishing Returns. As the proportion of one factor in a combination of factors is increased, after a point, the marginal and average product of that factor will diminish.

1965 Listener 24 June 926/1 I, for one, am not prepared to accept that the law of diminishing returns applies to television. I do not believe that what is trivial and bad will drive out what is serious and good.

1970 Times 7 Jan. 9/8 The law of diminishing returns has begun to set in: we can't go on forever extending our hearts to shapely matrons.

†2. Disparaging, depreciative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective]

detractive1490

detracting1530

derogatory1570

reproachful1574

detractory1585

disadvantageous1620

detractious1626

derogatingc1629

undervaluing1639

disparaging1645

derogative1646

diminutive1662

diminishing1675

vilipendinga1722

belittling1793

depreciatory1805

vilipensive1824

depreciating1837

detractatory1860

vilipenditory1884

depreciant1885

slurring1892

hatemongering1926

denigratory1955

marginalizing1977

1675 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 105 The Lords accused the Commons for their..provoking, and diminishing expressions.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 501 St. Paul, who..disdains all false and diminishing Reflections.

3. Architecture, Shipbuilding, etc. Thinning or tapering off gradually.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > [adjective]

taper1496

rush-grown1545

taper-fashion1545

taperinga1625

tapered1669

gradual1739

diminishing1842

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 963 Diminishing Rule, a board cut with a concave edge, so as to ascertain the swell of a column, and to try its curvature.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 964 Diminishing Scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the Ionic volute.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Diminishing stuff, in ship-building, the planking wrought under the wales, where it is thinned progressively to the thickness of the bottom plank.

1869 R. W. Meade Treat. Naval Archit. & Ship-building (ed. 2) 354.

1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 5 Four diminishing joints.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	diminishing
释义	diminishingn. Etymology: < diminish v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishing. 1. The action of diminish v.; lessening, diminution. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waningc900 littlingOE lessingc1350 abating1370 diminutionc1374 minishinga1382 decrease1383 remissiona1398 shrinkinga1398 decreasing1398 adminishing?c1400 abbreviation?a1425 lessening?a1425 minoration?a1425 disincrease1430 abatement1433 restrictiona1450 batea1475 diminuation1477 limitation1483 abate1486 minute1495 minishment1533 mitigation1533 diminishinga1535 extenuation1542 slacking1542 reduce1549 diminishment1551 perditionc1555 debatementa1563 rebatement1573 obstriction1578 imminution1583 contracting1585 contraction1589 rabate1589 rebating1598 retrenchmentc1600 decession1606 ravalling1609 reducement1619 decrement1621 bating1629 shrivellinga1631 decretion1635 dejection1652 abater1653 rolling back1658 limiting1677 batement1679 reduction1695 depression1793 downdraw1813 descent1832 decess1854 lowering1868 shrinkage1873 dégringolade1883 minification1894 degrowth1920 downrating1950 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 56/1 Thinges..redounding to y^e minishing of his honor. 1582 R. Wimbledon (title) A Sermon no less fruitful than famous..set foorth by the olde copy, without addings or diminishings. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης x. 90 That their Liberties and Rights were the impairing and deminishing of his regal power. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxiv. 302 The one end of her life seemed to her to be the diminishing of sorrow. 2. Architecture. Tapering; = diminution n. 9 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > narrowing towards top diminishing1563 contraction1624 contracture1664 diminution1706 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ciii How to close and finish the diminishing of the pillors. a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 45 Y^e deminishing of y^e pilasters. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 142 In every Course to make a two Inch set off..will preserve the diminishing of the Pier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020). diminishingadj. Etymology: < diminish v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishing. 1. That diminishes or lessens: a. That makes less. Spec. diminishing glass, an instrument which causes objects to appear smaller than they appear to the naked eye; diminishing mirror, a convex mirror in which the image is reduced in scale; diminishing rod, that part of the mechanism of a cotton-roving machine which gives the bobbins of roving their conical ends. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > producing or allowing decrease reductive1633 straiteninga1652 diminishing1665 diminutive1677 remissive1686 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > diminishing glass diminishing glass1665 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 3 [It] may by..some convenient Diminishing-Glasses, be made vanish into a scarce visible Speck. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 210 If they could read through a diminishing glass. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xiv. 225 A private sitting-room..fitted up with a diminishing mirror. 1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. i. 2 They [sc. children] looked like a full-grown couple seen through a diminishing-glass. 1890 J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Machinery x. 168 The slide in its reciprocal vertical movement causes, by means of the ‘diminishing rod’ or ‘hangar bar’, the upper cradle to oscillate in its centre. 1896 Daily News 28 May 2/2 Diminishing and magnifying glasses such as are used by artists. b. That grows less. Esp. in the law of diminishing return(s), in Economics, the principle that the expenditure of labour or capital beyond a certain point does not produce a proportionately corresponding return (see quot. 1938); also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] lessening1611 smalling1665 diminishing1793 minifying1850 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] shrinking?a1400 welkinga1400 moderativec1487 thinning1551 wanzing1571 decreasing1591 restricting1606 lessening1611 waning1632 assuaging1651 limiting1656 mitigating1749 diminishing1793 decrescent1811 shrivelling1849 dropping1894 scanting1916 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Introd. 4 The building is carried up..by diminishing stories, to the height of 115 feet. 1815 E. West Ess. Applic. Capital to Land 12 In the progress of improvement an equal quantity of work extracts from the soil a gradually diminishing return. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. xii. §2. 216 The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone..a temporary supersession. 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. ii. 23 The great comprehensive principle to which we give the name, ‘the law of diminishing returns in agriculture’. 1894 Nature 26 July 291 The diminishing speed of the earth's rotation. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 61 From the point of view of..the collector of birds seen and recorded, the law of diminishing returns has set in; only very seldom is he rewarded by the sight or sound of a species new or little known to him. 1938 F. Benham Econ. ix. 130 We may now state the Law of Diminishing Returns. As the proportion of one factor in a combination of factors is increased, after a point, the marginal and average product of that factor will diminish. 1965 Listener 24 June 926/1 I, for one, am not prepared to accept that the law of diminishing returns applies to television. I do not believe that what is trivial and bad will drive out what is serious and good. 1970 Times 7 Jan. 9/8 The law of diminishing returns has begun to set in: we can't go on forever extending our hearts to shapely matrons. †2. Disparaging, depreciative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective] detractive1490 detracting1530 derogatory1570 reproachful1574 detractory1585 disadvantageous1620 detractious1626 derogatingc1629 undervaluing1639 disparaging1645 derogative1646 diminutive1662 diminishing1675 vilipendinga1722 belittling1793 depreciatory1805 vilipensive1824 depreciating1837 detractatory1860 vilipenditory1884 depreciant1885 slurring1892 hatemongering1926 denigratory1955 marginalizing1977 1675 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 105 The Lords accused the Commons for their..provoking, and diminishing expressions. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 501 St. Paul, who..disdains all false and diminishing Reflections. 3. Architecture, Shipbuilding, etc. Thinning or tapering off gradually. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > [adjective] taper1496 rush-grown1545 taper-fashion1545 taperinga1625 tapered1669 gradual1739 diminishing1842 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 963 Diminishing Rule, a board cut with a concave edge, so as to ascertain the swell of a column, and to try its curvature. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 964 Diminishing Scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the Ionic volute. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Diminishing stuff, in ship-building, the planking wrought under the wales, where it is thinned progressively to the thickness of the bottom plank. 1869 R. W. Meade Treat. Naval Archit. & Ship-building (ed. 2) 354. 1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 5 Four diminishing joints. 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