Reduce

Meaning

Verb

●

To

the

,

, quality, value or

of something; to

, to lower.

●

To

weight.

●

To

an

; to

, to demote.

●

To

; to

; to

; to capture.

●

To

an

state or condition.

●

In Cooking:

To

the

of food by

much of its water off.

●

In Chemistry:

To

/

or to

oxygen.

●

In Metallurgy:

To

from

by

in a smelter.

●

In Mathematics:

To

an

or

without

its value.

●

In Computer science:

To

the

of a problem

another (known) algorithm.

●

In Logic:

To

a

to a

or

form.

●

In Law:

To

to

form. (Usage

: this

almost always

as "reduce to writing".)

●

In Medicine:

To

a

; to

a

or

to the

alignment.

●

In Military:

To

a

or

from (a square).

●

In Military:

To

the payroll.

●

In Scottish English & Law:

To

by

means.

●

To

(a

,

, etc.).

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Origin

reduce

English

reducere

Latin

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