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  • 41diminished radix complement — noun The number which, added to the given n digit number in radix r, results in . In binary (), this is the ones complement; in decimal (), this is the nines complement. The diminished radix complement of is . See Also: complement, radix… …

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  • 42diminished fifth — noun 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… …

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  • 43diminished — adjective a) lessened, reduced. The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome. b) reduced by a semitone …

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  • 44diminished — adj. Diminished is used with these nouns: ↑expectation, ↑responsibility, ↑role …

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  • 45diminished — di|min|ished [ dı mınıʃt ] adjective FORMAL reduced in amount, size, or importance: Their chances of survival are greatly diminished because of their poor health …

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  • 46diminished responsibility —    a suggestion of temporary insanity    A defence seized on by lawyers when the accused has no other:     P , 23, of Newcastle upon Tyne, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibilty. (Daily… …

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  • 47diminished — UK [dɪˈmɪnɪʃt] / US adjective formal reduced in amount, size, or importance Their chances of survival are greatly diminished because of their poor health …

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  • 48diminished image — sumažintasis vaizdas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. diminished image; reduced image vok. verkleinertes Bild, n rus. уменьшенное изображение, n pranc. image diminuée, f …

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  • 49diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… …

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  • 50diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… …

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