A lessening, decrease or reduction.
a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
The act or process of making diminutive.
The act of lengthening
the state of being lengthened
The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
The angular distance of a planet from the sun
That which lengthens out; continuation.