Reduction Definition

rĭ-dŭkshən
reductions
noun
reductions
The act or process of reducing.
American Heritage Medicine
A reducing or being reduced.
Webster's New World
Anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc.
Webster's New World
The amount by which anything is reduced.
Webster's New World
A sauce that has been thickened or concentrated by boiling.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Reduction

Noun

Singular:
reduction
Plural:
reductions

Origin of Reduction

  • Middle English reduccion restoration from Old French reduction from Latin reductiō reductiōn- from reductus past participle of redūcere to bring back reduce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English reduccion, from Old French reducion, from Latin reductio.

    From Wiktionary

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