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Reduction
Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
, process, or result of reducing.
●
The amount or rate by which something is
reduced
, e.g. in price.
●
In Chemistry:
A
reaction
in which
electrons
are
gained
and
valence
is
reduced
; often by the
removal
of
oxygen
or the
addition
of hydrogen.
●
In Cooking:
The process of
rapidly
boiling
a
sauce
to
concentrate
it.
●
In Mathematics:
The
rewriting
of an
expression
into a
simpler
form.
●
a
transformation
of one problem into another problem, such as
mapping
reduction
or
polynomial
reduction
.
●
In Music:
An
arrangement
for a far
smaller
number of
parties
, e.g. a
keyboard
solo
based on a
full
opera.
●
In Philosophy:
A
philosophical
procedure
intended
to
reveal
the
objects
of
consciousness
as
pure
phenomena
. (See
phenomenological
reduction.)
●
In Medicine:
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.
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Origin
reduction
English
reduccion
Middle English (1100-1500)
reducion
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
reductio
Latin
reduco
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Decline
Extract
Taxis
Lessening
Cut-Backs
Decreases
Deduction
Extraction
Mitigation
Reducing
Diminution
Abbreviation
Downsizing
Declining
Decreasing
Decreased
Reduces
Shrinkage
Curtailment
Drawdown
Reduced
Declined
Lowered
Declines
Decrement
Attenuation
Reducer
Abatement
Abasement
Lowering
Diminishment
Decrease
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Antonyms
Elevation
Expansion
Increase
Promotion
Addition
Supplement
Oxidation
Augmentation
Adjunct
Growth
Related
Minimization
Loss
Improvement
Elimination
Enhancement
Removal
Drop
Deterioration
Variation
Minimisation
Adjustment
Increases
Reduce
Increment
Depletion
Doubling
Recovery
Spike
Change
Difference
Prevention
Alleviation
Effect
Conversion
Modification
Rise
Shortfall
Estimation
Separation
Degradation
Measurement
Fall
Uptick
Suppression
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Rhymes
Fluxion
Suction
Ruction
Eduction
Deduction
Induction
Reduction
Effluxion
Conduction
Traduction
Destruction
Instruction
Construction
Transduction
Introduction
Outroduction
Circumduction
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