Dwindle vs J - What's the difference?
dwindle | j |
To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.
* 1802 , , translated by T. Paynell,
(figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
* Jonathan Swift
* 1919 ,
* '>citation
To lessen; to bring low.
* Thomson
To break; to disperse.
The tenth letter of the .
palatal approximant
one
:: one ounce
(label) (l)
Image:Latin J.png, Capital and lowercase versions of J , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter J.png, Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur
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As a verb dwindle
is to decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.As a letter j is
the tenth letter of the.As a symbol j is
the symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the international system of units.dwindle
English
Verb
(dwindl)- [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing,
- The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.'' (''Goldsmith , Vicar, III)
- Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.
- The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
- (Clarendon)
References
j
Translingual
(wikipedia j)Letter
Symbol
(Palatal approximant) (head)- ?j