diminishableadj.
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃəb(ə)l/ Capable of being diminished or lessened.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > able to be decreased
reducible1741
diminishable1782
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent > able to be
diminishable1782
1782 Kirwan in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 223 Phlogisticated air, after it has been purified from phlogiston..is again diminishable by phlogistic processes.
1864 Spectator 20 Aug. 948/1 A five years' sentence..being thus at best diminishable by.. one year and three weeks.
Derivatives
diˈminishableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > capability of being decreased
reduceableness1680
diminishableness1875
1875 J. Veitch Lucretius 33 The absolute diminishableness of the Sum of matter.
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adj.1782