diminution

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Diminution of the obliquity of the ecliptic.—The astronomers of the eighteenth century had found, by a comparison of ancient with modern observations, that the obliquity of the ecliptic is slowly diminishing from century to century.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert

Diminution of the charging surface will produce it.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

Augmentation and Diminution; the length of the notes is doubled or halved while their metrical relativity is maintained, e.g.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

In Cases where there is little else expected, but the Pleasure of the Ears and Eyes, the least Diminution of that Pleasure is the highest Offence.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

The title of De Maillet's book is Telliamed, ou Entretiens d'un Philosophe indien avec un Missionaire francais sur la Diminution de la Mer, 1748, 1756.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson