Sentence examples for by diminution from inspiring English sources

Calcareous marls grade into clays, by diminution in the amount of lime, and into clayey limestones.

This condition is characterized by diminution in sensibility as well as severe pain when any stimulus exceeds a certain threshold.

The Norwegian lutenist and vihuelist Rolf Lislevand has assembled a fascinating program devoted to the art of ornamentation by diminution -- the practice of embellishing a work by overlaying a second melody, played quickly, over the main chord progression -- a style historically favored by lutenists, who shone more brightly in fast music than in lines requiring long, sustained tones.

Laudable action in Afghanistan is neutralized by diminution of security at home.

Contrast enhanced ultrasound images on the right show the dispersion of siRNA-NBs and gas-cored liposomes (indicated by diminution in gray-scale intensity) upon low-frequency ultrasound exposure.

Moreover, a hierarchical regression analysis supported the view that the effect of age in recollection experience is determined by frontal lobe integrity and not by diminution of processing speed.

The tranquilizing illusions of our everyday world seem in our time to be severely threatened from all sides--by global economic collapse, by global diminution of natural resources, by global warming, by global nuclear proliferation, and by global terrorism.

Indeed, the negative association between PCB-153 and serum TBG concentration could by mediated by a diminution of TBG synthesis by the liver.

I describe our era as an "Age of Trauma," because the tranquilizing illusions of our everyday world seem in our time to be severely threatened from all sides -- by global diminution of natural resources, by global economic collapse, by global warming, by global nuclear proliferation, and by global terrorism.

Inadequate secretion by the adrenal cortex, the outer substance of the adrenal gland, leads to shock both by the diminution of myocardial efficiency and by a decrease in the blood volume.

The induction of testicular degeneration by this chemical agent is supported by the diminution in gonado-somatic index in treated cats, when this is an accepted measure of testicular damage [ 2, 17].