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ύφεση

Pronunciation: /ˈifesi/

“ύφεση” is a Greek word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. remission, abatement, subsidence (relaxing of tension, improvement)
  2. détente (relaxing of tension between countries)
  3. recession, downturn, slump, depression (period of reduced economic activity)
  4. flat (lowered by one semitone)
  5. flat (♭, the symbol itself)
  6. depression (area of lowered air pressure)

Etymology

From Koine Greek ὕφεσις (húphesis, “slackness of string on a musical instrument”), from Ancient Greek ὑφίημι (huphíēmi, “to lower”).

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