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

Noun

minoration f (plural minorations)

  1. minoration
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