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- Dictionaryreduction/rɪˈdʌkʃn/
noun
- 1. the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: "talks on arms reduction" Similar Opposite
- 2. a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount.
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the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.: a reduction in traffic. huge price reductions. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. the fact of getting smaller or becoming less. decrease There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
1. : the act or process of reducing : the state of being reduced. 2. a. : something made by reducing. b. : the amount by which something is reduced. 3. [Spanish reducción, from Latin reduction-, reductio] : a South American Indian settlement directed by Jesuit missionaries. 4. : meiosis sense 2.
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.: a reduction in traffic. huge price reductions. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. the fact of getting smaller or becoming less. decrease There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
7 meanings: 1. the act or process or an instance of reducing 2. the state or condition of being reduced 3. the amount by which.... Click for more definitions.
A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion gains electrons, thus undergoing a decrease in valence. If an iron atom having a valence of +3 gains an electron, the valence decreases to +2. Compare oxidation. reduction. Any chemical reaction in which the atoms in a material take on electrons.
reduction. [countable, uncountable] an act of making something less or smaller; the state of being made less or smaller. Some staff received wage rises, while others experienced a reduction. reduction in something This year has seen a 33% reduction in the number of hospital beds available.
n. 1. The act or process of reducing. 2. The result of reducing: a reduction in absenteeism. 3. The amount by which something is lessened or diminished: a reduction of 12 percent in violent crime. 4. A sauce that has been thickened or concentrated by boiling. 5.
Reduction definition, the act of reducing or the state of being reduced. See more.
the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge: the reduction of 35-millimeter films to 16-millimeter films for the school market. a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries.
the act of reducing something: She refused to accept a reduction in wages. price reductions. the process of adding one or more electrons to a substance or removing oxygen from a substance. (Definition of reduction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
