Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin..