reduction
The act, process, or result of reducing.
Other meanings
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
“A 5% reduction in robberies”
A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
Synonyms
- decrease
Related words
- autoreduction
- chemoreduction
- hydroreduction
- leucoreduction
- oxidoreduction
- seroreduction
- transduction
- harm reduction
- spot reduction
- eidetic reduction
- reductionism
- Birch reduction
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "reductio" (reductiō, reductiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reduction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.