minify
minify diminish in estimated size, etc. XVII. irreg. f. L. minor less, minimus least, after MAGNIFY.
More From encyclopedia.com
Estimation , How many fish are in this lake? What proportion of the voting population favors candidate A? How much paint is needed for this particular room? What… 368. Size , 368. Size
See also 187. GRANDEUR .
acromegaly
Medicine. a disease resulting from abnormal activity of the pituitary gland in which bones of the extre… Ludwig Uhland , Mendelssohn, (Jakob Ludwig) [Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy] (b Hamburg, 1809; d Leipzig, 1847). Ger. composer, pianist, organist, and conductor. Grands… Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin , Scriabin, Alexander (Nikolayevich) (b Moscow, 1872; d Moscow, 1915). Russ. composer and pianist, son of a lawyer and his wife who was a brilliant pia… lact- , lact- stem of L. lac, lact- milk (cf. Gr. gála, galakt-; see GALAXY) in derivs.: lactation XVII(f. L. lactāre), lacteal XVII (f. L. lacteus), lacteou… Eliphelet , Eliphal (ĕl´īfăl, ēlī´fəl), the same as Eliphelet4.
Eliphalet (ēlĬf´əlĕt), in the Bible, name of two sons of David. Alternate forms are Eliphelet and…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
minify