Definition:
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
- (v. t.) The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
- (v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
- (v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
- (v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
- (v. t.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
- (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
Compare reduction with other words:
clearance vs. reduction
redaction vs. reduction
reduction vs. seduction
eduction vs. reduction
condensation vs. reduction
depreciation vs. reduction
dehydrate vs. reduction
reduction vs. release
mitigation vs. reduction
decrement vs. reduction
glycoluril vs. reduction
leucaniline vs. reduction
oxalantin vs. reduction
nicotidine vs. reduction
dulcite vs. reduction
reduction vs. remittitur
reduction vs. refund
contracting vs. reduction
guesswork vs. reduction
bargain vs. reduction
infringement vs. reduction
impairment vs. reduction
abatement vs. reduction
attrition vs. reduction
alcoholization vs. reduction
reduction vs. retrenchment
reduction vs. revivification
pullback vs. reduction
disarmament vs. reduction
reduction vs. throttling
reduction vs. slowdown
reduction vs. reductive
fallback vs. reduction
rarefaction vs. reduction
lessening vs. reduction
diminution vs. reduction
reduction vs. shrinkage
reduction vs. vitiation
reduction vs. saving
cathode vs. reduction
atrophy vs. reduction
expansion vs. reduction
alignment vs. reduction
dislocation vs. reduction
fracture vs. reduction
medical vs. reduction
phenomena vs. reduction
pure vs. reduction
procedure vs. reduction
consciousness vs. reduction
reduction vs. transformation
philosophical vs. reduction
expression vs. reduction
reduction vs. sauce
concentrate vs. reduction
rapidly vs. reduction
boiling vs. reduction
hydrogen vs. reduction
addition vs. reduction
oxygen vs. reduction
reduction vs. valence
reduction vs. removal
gain vs. reduction
electron vs. reduction
reaction vs. reduction
rate vs. reduction
reduced vs. reduction
reducing vs. reduction
amount vs. reduction
aniline vs. reduction
introduce vs. reduction
attenuation vs. reduction
reduction vs. trituration
elevation vs. reduction
discount vs. reduction
reduction vs. remainder
reduce vs. reduction
deduce vs. reduction
decrease vs. reduction
decline vs. reduction
reduction vs. smelt
contraction vs. reduction
fall vs. reduction
increase vs. reduction
oxidation vs. reduction
growth vs. reduction