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diminished capacity
Reduced mental state affects responsibility.
diminished responsibility
Reduced mental capacity; less culpable.
diminished seventh
Seven half-steps, dissonant chord interval.
diminished fifth
(music) A type of tritone in musical composition formed by narrowing a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitones. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented fourth.
diminished triad
(music) a triad that has a diminished fifth between the bottom note and the top note
diminished scale
Alternating whole and half steps.
diminished chord
Chord with stacked minor thirds.
diminished sevenths
diminished fourth
(music) A musical interval made by narrowing a perfect fourth by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four semitones, spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major third.
diminished triads
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