FromMiddle Englishreduccion, a borrowing fromOld Frenchreducion, fromLatinreductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent toreduce +-tion.
reduction (countable anduncountable,pluralreductions)
- The act, process, or result ofreducing.
1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, inTrains Illustrated, page18:With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerablereductions have been made in the overall schedules.
- Theamount orrate by which something isreduced, e.g. in price.
A 5%reduction in robberies
- (chemistry) Areaction in whichelectrons aregained andvalence is reduced; often by theremoval ofoxygen or theaddition ofhydrogen.
- (cooking) The process ofrapidlyboiling asauce toconcentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of anexpression into a simpler form.
- (computingtheory) Atransformation of one problem into another problem, such asmapping reduction orpolynomial-time reduction.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) Aphilosophicalprocedure intended to reveal the objects ofconsciousness aspurephenomena. (Seephenomenological reduction.)
- (medicine) Amedicalprocedure to restore afracture ordislocation to the correctalignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- Synonym:taxis
- Coordinate terms:arthroplasty,arthrodesis
closedreduction
openreduction and internal fixation
- (paying) A reduced price of something by afraction ordecimal.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior toforging and/orrolling.
2016, Gordon L. Robertson,Food Packaging Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, page191:The final stage of thicknessreduction (typically 90% from about 2mm to <0.2mm) is carried out by cold rolling.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during amission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
Spanishreductions in Mexico were common during the 18th century.
act, process, or result of reducing
- Afrikaans:reduksie (af)
- Arabic:نَقْص m(naqṣ)
- Egyptian Arabic:نقص m(naʔṣ)
- Bulgarian:намаляване (bg) n(namaljavane),съкращаване (bg) n(sǎkraštavane)
- Catalan:reducció (ca) f
- Czech:snížení (cs) n,redukce (cs) f
- Finnish:vähentäminen (fi)
- French:réduction (fr) f
- Galician:redución (gl) f
- Georgian:შემცირება(šemcireba),დაკლება(daḳleba),კლება(ḳleba)
- German:Reduktion (de) f,Reduzierung (de) f
- Greek:μείωση (el) f(meíosi),ελάττωση (el) f(eláttosi)
- Ancient Greek:μείωσις f(meíōsis)
- Hebrew:צִמְצוּם (he) m(tzimtzúm)
- Hindi:कटौती (hi) f(kaṭautī)
- Irish:laghdú m
- Italian:sgravio (it) m,taglio (it) m,riduzione (it) f
- Latvian:pamazinājums m
- Macedonian:намалу́вање n(namalúvanje),снижу́вање n(snižúvanje)
- Occitan:reduccion (oc) f
- Portuguese:redução (pt) f,diminuição (pt) f
- Romanian:reducere (ro) f
- Russian:уменьше́ние (ru) n(umenʹšénije),(eg. prices)сниже́ние (ru) n(snižénije),сведе́ние (ru) n(svedénije)
- Spanish:reducción (es) f
- Swedish:minskning (sv) c,neddragning (sv) c,sänkning (sv) c
- Telugu:తగ్గింపు (te)(taggimpu)
- Turkish:
- Ottoman Turkish:اكرام(ikram)(of price)
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amount or rate by which something is reduced
chemistry: reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced
cooking: process of concentrating a sauce
math: rewriting an expression
computability theory: a transformation of one problem into another problem
medical procedure to restore a fracture
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