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ComminutingComminute Com"mi*nute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of
comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See
Minute.]
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to
pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or
bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant.
Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture. Comminution
Comminution Com`mi*nu"tion, n.
1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small
particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
--Bentley.
2. (Surg.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
--Dunglison.
3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a
time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Natural and necessary comminution of our lives.
--Johnson.
Diminutival
Diminutival Di*min`u*ti"val, a.
Indicating diminution; diminutive. ``Diminutival forms' [of
words]. --Earle. -- n. A diminutive. --Earle.
Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F.
diminutif.]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [R.]
Diminutive of liberty. --Shaftesbury.
Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant
thing.
Such water flies, diminutives of nature. --Shak.
2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a
young object of the same kind with that denoted by the
primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
Babyisms and dear diminutives. --Tennyson.
Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which
expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as
scribble.
Diminutively
Diminutively Di*min"u*tive*ly, adv.
In a diminutive manner.
Diminutiveness
Diminutiveness Di*min"u*tive*ness, n.
The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness;
minuteness.
Imminution
Imminution Im`mi*nu"tion, n. [L. imminutio, fr. imminuere,
imminutum, to lessen; pref. im- in + minuere.]
A lessening; diminution; decrease. [R.] --Ray.
MinutiaMinutia Mi*nu"ti*a, n.; pl. Minuti[ae] (-[=e]). [L., fr.
minutus small, minute. See 4th Minute.]
A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly
in the plural. MinutiaeMinutia Mi*nu"ti*a, n.; pl. Minuti[ae] (-[=e]). [L., fr.
minutus small, minute. See 4th Minute.]
A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly
in the plural.
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