abbassamento

Definitions of abbassamento
  1. noun
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
    synonyms: calata, calo, contrazione, decremento, diminuzione, flessione, minorazione, rallentamento, riduzione
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    antonyms:
    accrescimento, aumento, crescita, incremento, rialzo
    the act of increasing something
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    svalutazione
    the reduction of something's value or worth
    devitalizzazione
    the act of reducing the vitality of something
    alleviamento, attenuamento, attenuazione, mitigazione, smorzamento, spegnimento
    to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
    alleviamento, attenuamento, attenuazione, mitigazione, smorzamento, spegnimento
    the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    abbreviamento, abbreviazione, accorciamento
    act of decreasing in length
    deduzione, detrazione
    the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
    sgonfiamento, sgonfiatura
    the act of letting the air out of something
    abbuono, sconto
    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
    affievolimento, affiochimento, indebolimento
    the act of reducing the strength of something
    ammortamento, ammortizzazione
    the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
    rastremazione, sfumatura
    the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
    distensione, liberalizzazione, svago
    the act of making less strict
    consumo
    the act of consuming something
    esaurimento, sfinimento
    the act of exhausting something entirely
    abbreviatura
    shortening something by omitting parts of it
    accorciatura, defalco, scorciatura, tagliata, taglio
    the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
    miniaturizzazione
    act of making on a greatly reduced scale
    abbattimento
    the act of abating
    diluizione
    weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
    contrattura, contrazione
    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
    salasso
    a gradual depletion of energy or resources
    type of:
    cambio di dimensione
    the act of changing the amount or size of something
  2. noun
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    synonyms: calata, calo, contrazione, decremento, diminuzione, flessione, minorazione, rallentamento, ribasso, riduzione
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    type of:
    calo, decremento, diminuzione, minorazione, riduzione
    the amount by which something decreases
  3. noun
    the act of causing something to move to a lower level
  4. noun
    the amount by which something decreases
    synonyms: calo, decremento, diminuzione, minorazione, riduzione
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    antonyms:
    accrescimento, aumento, crescita, incremento, ingrandimento
    the amount by which something increases
    types:
    calata, calo, contrazione, decremento, diminuzione, flessione, minorazione, rallentamento, ribasso, riduzione
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    type of:
    ammontare, totale
    the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
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