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lessening (noun)

  • 1 heikentäminen

    damping (noun)
    debilitating (noun)
    diminishing (noun)
    emasculating (noun)
    enervating (noun)
    enfeebling (noun)
    impairing (noun)
    lessening (noun)
    reducing (noun)
    sapping (noun)
    undermining (noun)
    weakening (noun)

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > heikentäminen

  • 2 pienentäminen

    diminishing (noun)
    diminution (noun)
    extenuating (noun)
    lessening (noun)
    mincing (noun)
    reducing (noun)
    reduction (noun)
    * * *
    • reduction
    • reducing
    • diminution

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > pienentäminen

  • 3 laimentaminen

    alloying (noun)
    damping (noun)
    diluting (noun)
    lessening (noun)
    thinning (noun)
    weakening (noun)

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > laimentaminen

  • 4 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
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    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 5 diminution

    diminution [diminysjɔ̃]
    feminine noun
       a. reduction
       b. [de violence, intensité] diminishing
       c. [de lumière, bruit] fading ; [d'ardeur] decrease (de in)
    * * *
    diminysjɔ̃
    1) ( réduction) gén ( provoquée ou contrôlée) reduction (de in); ( constatée) decrease (de in); (de production, d'activités commerciales) fall-off (de in)

    être en diminution — gén to be decreasing; [production, exportations] to be falling off

    être en diminution de 7% — to be down by 7%

    2) ( affaiblissement) diminishing
    3) ( en tricot)
    * * *
    diminysjɔ̃ nf
    1) (= action) [nombre, effectifs, temps, prix, chômage, salaire, dépenses, charges, coûts, recettes, impôts, coûts, volume, ressources] reduction

    La diminution des taux par les banques n'a pas eu d'incidence négative. — The reduction in rates by the banks has not had any negative effect.

    2) (= résultat) fall

    La brusque diminution de la température a causé de nombreux accidents. — The sudden fall in temperature caused several accidents.

    * * *
    1 ( réduction) gén ( provoquée ou contrôlée) reduction; ( constatée) decrease; (de production, d'activités commerciales) fall-off; exiger une diminution de la durée du travail to demand a reduction in working hours; constater une diminution des accidents to notice a decrease in the number of accidents; la diminution des naissances the decline in the birthrate; être en diminution gén to be decreasing; [production, exportations] to be falling off; le taux de natalité est en diminution the birthrate is on the decline; être en diminution de 7% to be down by 7%;
    2 ( affaiblissement) diminishing;
    3 ( en tricot) commencer les diminutions start decreasing; faites deux diminutions à chaque rang decrease two at the end of each row.
    [diminysjɔ̃] nom féminin
    1. [réduction - de prix, d'impôts, des frais, des rations] reduction, cutting ; [ - de longueur] shortening ; [ - de taille] reduction, shortening ; [ - de volume] decrease, decreasing ; [ - de pression] fall ; [ - de vitesse, de consommation, des effectifs] reduction ; [ - du chômage, de la violence] drop, decrease
    2. [affaiblissement - d'une douleur] alleviation ; [ - des forces] waning, lessening ; [ - de l'intérêt, de l'attention] lessening ; [ - de l'appétit] decrease
    5. [en tricot] decrease

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > diminution

  • 6 väheneminen

    decrease (noun)
    diminution (noun)
    fall (noun)
    falling off (noun)
    wane (noun)
    * * *
    • reduction
    • waste
    • wane
    • subsidence
    • shrinkage
    • lessening
    • falling off
    • contraction
    • sinking
    • abatement
    • fall
    • cutback
    • decline
    • decrease
    • diminution
    • downturn
    • drop

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > väheneminen

  • 7 buffer

    [ˈbafə] noun
    an apparatus for lessening the force with which a moving object strikes something.
    مُخَفِّفُ الصَّدْمَه

    Arabic-English dictionary > buffer

  • 8 decline

    [dɪˈklaɪn]
    1. verb
    1) to say "no" to (an invitation etc); to refuse:

    We declined his offer of a lift.

    يَرْفُض

    Our profits have temporarily declined.

    يَضْعُف، يَخورُ
    2. noun
    a gradual lessening or worsening (of health, standards, quantity etc):

    There has been a gradual decline in the birthrate.

    تَضاؤُل، إنْحِطاط، ضَعْف، إنْخِفاض

    Arabic-English dictionary > decline

  • 9 diminution

    [dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən] noun
    lessening:

    a diminution in the birth rate.

    نَقْص، تَناقُص

    Arabic-English dictionary > diminution

  • 10 relief

    [rəˈliːf] noun
    1) a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc:

    When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief

    It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.

    إسْعاف، راحَه
    2) help (eg food) given to people in need of it:

    ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.

    إغاثَه، نَجْدَه
    3) a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time:

    ( also adjective) a relief driver.

    بَدَل

    the relief of Mafeking.

    تَحْرير
    5) a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background:

    a carving in relief.

    نَقْش نافِر

    Arabic-English dictionary > relief

  • 11 remission

    [-ʃən] noun إبْراء، تَخْفيف من شِدَّة المَرَض
    2) a shortening of a person's prison sentence.
    تَخْفيف عُقوبَه
    3) the act of remitting.
    تَحْويل المال

    Arabic-English dictionary > remission

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  • attenuation — early 15c., of persons, emaciation; of diet, reduction, from L. attenuationem (nom. attenuatio) a lessening, noun of action from pp. stem of attenuare (see ATTENUATE (Cf. attenuate)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • tendering — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of tender (II) : a lessening of the strength of cloth or yarn; especially : a weakening caused by acids during manufacture * * * tenˈdering noun • • • …   Useful english dictionary

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  • detraction — noun Date: 14th century 1. a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism ; belittling, disparagement 2. a taking away < it is no detraction from its dignity or prestige J. F. Golay > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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