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Diminished scale

   Also found in: Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute.

See also: Diminish



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Also, of course, those performances were viewed from places in the audience, with all the pluses of intimacy, the sense of breath and force, that live dance brings, and all the minuses of diminished scale and single viewpoint enforced by a fixed seat.
Peter Moore: Sonnabend by Frankel, David / Artforum International
If bluecollar, labor union featherbedding has mostly been stamped out, white-collar featherbedding in government and private sector corporations seemingly goes on, even in recessionary times, though perhaps on a diminished scale.
The Overworked American by von Hoffman, Nicholas / Washington Monthly
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