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)

1. (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 […]

2. (mathematics) Minorization.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

minoration f (plural minorations)

1. minoration

Further reading

• “minoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.