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diminishable, a.|dɪˈmɪnɪʃəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
Capable of being diminished or lessened.
Hence diˈminishableness.
1782Kirwan in Phil. Trans. LXXII. 223 Phlogisticated air, after it has been purified from phlogiston..is again diminishable by phlogistic processes. 1864Spectator 20 Aug. 948/1 A five years' sentence..being thus at best diminishable by.. one year and three weeks. 1875Veitch Lucretius 33 The absolute diminishableness of the Sum of matter. |