reduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdʌkʃən/
ipa: /ɹiˈdɑk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Forms: form: reductions
Etymology: From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion.
Senses: examples: text: With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:
glosses: The act, process, or result of reducing.
examples: text: A 5% reduction in robberies
glosses: The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
topics: human-sciences
phenomenology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
examples: text: closed reduction
text: open reduction and internal fixation
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: taxis
coordinate_terms: arthroplasty
arthrodesis
glosses: 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).
qualifier: paying
glosses: A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
examples: text: The final stage of thickness reduction (typically 90% from about 2mm to <0.2mm) is carried out by cold rolling.
ref: 2016, Gordon L. Robertson, Food Packaging Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, page 191:
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
examples: text: Spanish reductions in Mexico were common during the 18th century.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
Synonyms: sense: act, process, or result of reducing
word: decline
word: lessening
sense: amount by which something is reduced
word: extract
Derived terms: amnioreduction
beta reduction
bioreduction
Birch reduction
boob reduction
breast reduction
carboreduction
carbothermal reduction
Clemmensen reduction
Cook reduction
cytoreduction
decimal reduction time
deuteroreduction
eidetic reduction
electroreduction
eta reduction
harm reduction
hazard reduction burn
irreduction
Karp reduction
ketoreduction
leukoreduction
magnesiothermic reduction
mapping reduction
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction
monoreduction
nitroreduction
nonreduction
orchestrated objective reduction
organic reduction
overreduction
oxidation-reduction
phenomenological reduction
photoreduction
polynomial reduction
polynomial-time reduction
postreduction
prereduction
prolongational reduction
pseudoreduction
reductional
reduction division
reduction drive
reduction furnace
reduction in force
reductionism
reductionist
reduction set
reduction to the absurd
rereduction
semireduction
spot reduction
tax reduction
time-span reduction
Turing reduction
vowel reduction
Related terms: reducible