minoration
English
Etymology
From Late Latin minoratio, from the participle stem of Latin minōrāre.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌɪnəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Noun
minoration (countable and uncountable, plural minorations)
- (obsolete) Reduction; lessening.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2:
- […] we now do hope the mercies of God will consider our degenerated integrities unto some minoration of our offences […]
- (mathematics) Minorization.
French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “minoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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