reduction
Plural: reductions
Noun
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- 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
- the act of reducing complexity
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
- A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
Examples
- A 5% reduction in robberies
- closed reduction
- open reduction and internal fixation
- Spanish reductions in Mexico were common during the 18th century.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem.
Synonyms
decrease, diminution, reducing, simplification, step-down, decline, extract, lessening, taxis
Scrabble Score: 12
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