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reduction

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Noun

reduction

The act, process, or result of reducing.
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
A 5% reduction in robberies
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
(music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
(philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

Synonyms

(act, process, or result of reducing) decline, lessening; See also Thesaurus:diminution
(amount by which something is reduced) extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement

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