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hiipuminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diminuendo noun A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
  • wane verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.

Senses

hiipuminen is used for these senses in English:

  • diminuendo (metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.
  • wane A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

diminuendo — full definition

  1. noun A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
  2. noun A passage having this mark
  3. noun The gradual dying away of something.

wane — full definition

  1. verb To gradually become weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  2. verb Of the moon, to appear to shrink night by night after the full moon.
  3. noun The phase of decline, especially as in the expression "on the wane."

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