reduction
noun
- a reducing or being reduced
- anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc.
- the amount by which anything is reduced
See reduction in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĭ-dŭkˈshən)
noun- The act or process of reducing.
- The result of reducing: a reduction in absenteeism.
- The amount by which something is lessened or diminished: a reduction of 12 percent in violent crime.
- Biology The first meiotic division, in which the chromosome number is reduced. Also called reduction division.
- Chemistry
a. A decrease in positive valence or an increase in negative valence by the gaining of electrons.
b. A reaction in which hydrogen is combined with a compound.
c. A reaction in which oxygen is removed from a compound.
- Mathematics
a. The canceling of common factors in the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
b. The converting of a fraction to its decimal equivalent.
c. The converting of an expression or equation to its simplest form.
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