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1. (n.) reduction
the act or process of reducing, or the state of being reduced.
2. reduction
the amount by which something is reduced.
3. reduction
a form produced by reducing; a copy on a smaller scale.
4. reduction
Biol. meiosis, esp. the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.
5. reduction
the process or result of reducing a chemical substance.
Etymology: (1475–85; earlier reduccion < MF reduction < L reductiō bringing back)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
the act of decreasing or reducing something
2. (noun) reduction, reducing
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
3. (noun) reduction, simplification
the act of reducing complexity
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1. (noun) reduction
the amount sth has been reduced by
a reduction of 10%
2. reduction
the process of reducing
a reduction in costs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) reduction
the act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province
2. (noun) reduction
the act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t
3. (verb) reduction
the correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc
4. (verb) reduction
the preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result
5. (verb) reduction
the process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions
6. (verb) reduction
the bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure
7. (verb) reduction
the act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol
8. (verb) reduction
the operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. reduction
The creation of lanes through a minefield or obstacle to allow passage of the attacking ground force.
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Sense: to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state
The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.; The government promised a reduction in prices later; price reductions.
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 Afrikaans: verlaging |
 Arabic: تَخْفيض |
 Bulgarian: намаление |
 Brazilian: redução |
 Czech: snížení |
 German: die Herabsetzung |
 Danish: reduktion; -reduktion; ne |
 Greek: μείωση, έκπτωση |
 Spanish: reducción |
 Estonian: alandamine |
 Farsi: کاهش |
 Finnish: alennus |
 French: réduction |
 Hebrew: יְרִידָה |
 Hindi: कटौती |
 Croatian: smanjenje |
 Hungarian: leszállítás, csökkentés |
 Indonesian: penurunan |
 Icelandic: lækkun |
 Italian: riduzione |
 Japanese: 縮小 |
 Korean: 축소 |
 Lithuanian: sumažinimas, nuolaida |
 Latvian: pazeminājums; atlaide |
 Malay: pengurangan |
 Dutch: verlaging |
 Norwegian: nedskjæring, reduksjon |
 Polish: obniżka |
 Persian: کاهش |
 Pashto: كموونه، لږونه |
 Portuguese: redução |
 Romanian: reducere |
 Russian: снижение |
 Slovak: zníženie |
 Slovenian: zmanjšanje |
 Serbian: smanjenje |
 Swedish: reducering, minskning, sä |
 Thai: การลดลง |
 Turkish: indirim |
 Taiwanese: 減少 |
 Ukrainian: зниження; зменшення |
 Urdu: تخفیف |
 Vietnamese: sự cắt giảm |
 Chinese: 减小 |
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