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What (who) is reduction - definition
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Reduce; Reduction (linguistics); Reductive; Reduced; Reducibility; Reducing; Reducible; Reduction (disambiguation); Reductively; Reduces; Reductions (disambiguation); Reductional
reduction
(reductions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When there is a reduction in something, it is made smaller.
...a future reduction in UK interest rates...
? increase
N-COUNT: usu with supp
2.
Reduction is the act of making something smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
...a new strategic arms reduction agreement.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
Reduction
·vt The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, ·etc.
II. Reduction ·vt The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
III. Reduction ·vt The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
IV. Reduction ·vt The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
V. Reduction ·vt The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
VI. Reduction ·noun The act or process of reducing. ·see Reduce, ·vt, 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, ·vt.
VII. Reduction ·vt The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
VIII. Reduction ·noun The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.
reduction
n.
1.
Conversion, resolution, transmutation.
2.
Diminution, contraction, decrease, abridgment, lessening, retrenchment, abatement, decrement, curtailment, lowering.
3.
Depression, detrusion, abasement, lowering.
4.
Subjugation, conquest, subjection, mastery, subdual.
5.
(Math.) Resolution, solution.
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Reduction
Reduction, reduced, or reduce may refer to:
Examples of use of reduction
1. "The debt reduction operation is therefore a debt reduction operation in appearance only," it says.
2. Achieve poverty reduction by implementing donor and local elite negotiated poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs); 2.
3. For example, only qualified surgeons may perform breast–shaping procedures (enhancement, reduction, lifting, etc.), body–shaping procedures (figure reduction, arm or thigh reduction, etc.), and face–lifts.
4. One year after treatment, there was a 6' percent reduction in heroin use, a 48 percent reduction in cocaine use, a 6' percent reduction in getting income by illegal means, and a 38 percent reduction in imprisonment.
5. "The reduction does not mean a reduction in the actual force that one would need to combat terrorism.