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縮小 — meaning in English

shukushō

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English meaning

  • abridgment noun The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
  • minify verb To make smaller.

Senses

縮小 is used for these senses in English:

  • abridgment (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
  • minify To make smaller.
  • zoom out (intransitive) To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
  • zoom out (intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.

abridgment — full definition

  1. noun The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
  2. noun The state of being abridged or lessened.
  3. noun An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
  4. noun That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly

minify — full definition

  1. verb To make smaller.
  2. verb To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
  3. verb To remove white space and unnecessary characters from source code in order to reduce its size.

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