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article in its definition

0The online dictionary from Naver.co.kr had this definition of 'diminution': 02br
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00N-UN05200 : 05300u N 05400/05500 n02br
00A 01b05602b00 05700 05800 05900 051000 051100 051200 051300, 051400, 051500 05160517051800y.00[ 051900 ]02br
050052000 a 052100 052200 052300 052400 052500.02br
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00Why the definition has the article 'A' in its definition and its example phrase when it is noted as an uncountable noun, which a notation that seems to indicate the usually occuring position of 01i00Noun of noun02i00 or 01i00Noun in noun02i00? 030srchttp://sstatic.naver.com/eedic/images/bu_tr13.gif31srchttp://sstatic.naver.com/eedic/images/blt_synm.gifw11h11252hrefjavascript:flink("COUNT")cCOUNT253hrefjavascript:flink("us")cus254hrefjavascript:flink("of")cof255hrefjavascript:flink("in")cin256hrefjavascript:flink("diminution")cdiminution257hrefjavascript:flink("of")cof258hrefjavascript:flink("something")csomething259hrefjavascript:flink("is")cis2510hrefjavascript:flink("its")cits2511hrefjavascript:flink("reduction")creduction2512hrefjavascript:flink("in")cin2513hrefjavascript:flink("size")csize2514hrefjavascript:flink("importance")cimportance2515hrefjavascript:flink("or")cor2516hrefjavascript:flink("in")cin2517hrefjavascript:flink("ten")cten2518hrefjavascript:flink("sit")csit2519hrefjavascript:flink("FORMAL")cFORMAL2520hrefjavascript:flink("despite")cdespite2521hrefjavascript:flink("slight")cslight2522hrefjavascript:flink("diminution")cdiminution2523hrefjavascript:flink("in")cin2524hrefjavascript:flink("asset")casset2525hrefjavascript:flink("value")cvalue2526hrefjavascript:flink("reduction")creduction
  

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0 A diminution — an instance of diminution, one act of diminution.02br
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00 The same applies to the nouns "increase" and "decrease".0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00The online dictionary from Naver.co.kr had this definition of 'diminution': 02font02br
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01font00N-UN02font01a01font00COUNT02font02a01font00 : 02font01a0

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