DIMINISHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diminishing mean? 

• DIMINISHING (adjective)
  The adjective DIMINISHING has 1 sense:

1. becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

  Familiarity information: DIMINISHING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMINISHING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

Context example:

his diminishing respect for her

Similar:

decreasing (becoming less or smaller)

 Context examples 

But in modern times, the Great Red Spot appears to be diminishing in size, as measured by Earth-based telescopes and spacecraft.

(NASA's Juno Probes the Depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA)

Fluocinolone exerts its vasoconstrictive effect through inhibition of nitric oxide synthase, thereby blocking nitric oxide production and effectively diminishing the effect of nitric oxide on vascular smooth muscles leading to reduced blood flow.

(Fluocinolone Acetonide, NCI Thesaurus)

For a quantity Q(t) continually diminishing in value, the fraction being lost per unit time, namely -(dQ/dt)/ Q.

(Decay Constant, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper limit of efficacy where diminishing returns result from increasing dosages.

(Ceiling Effect, NCI Thesaurus)

The diseases they were subject to still continue, without increasing or diminishing.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The island was highest at its extreme south-western point, the headlands and backbone diminishing regularly until the north-eastern portion was only a few feet above the sea.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Natural or synthetic beta adrenergic antagonists selectively or non-selectively blocking or diminishing physiologic beta-adrenergic agonist actions on the sympathetic system.

(Beta-Adrenergic Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

An increase in global UV with the diminishing of the ozone layer

(Global Change/UV, NCI Thesaurus)

The most recent Martian global dust storm occurred in 2007, significantly diminishing solar power available to two NASA Mars rovers then active halfway around the planet from each other — Spirit and Opportunity.

(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)

Changing conditions on the sun and in space can affect various technologies on Earth, blocking radio communications, damaging power grids and diminishing navigation system accuracy.

(Detecting solar flares in real time, National Science Foundation)