reduction

Etymology
From, a borrowing from , from.

Noun

 * 1) The act, process, or result of reducing.
 * 2) The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
 * 3)  A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
 * 4)  The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
 * 5)  The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
 * 6)   A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
 * 7)  An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
 * 8)  A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
 * 9)   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).
 * 10)  A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
 * 11)  The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
 * 1)  A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
 * 2)  The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
 * 1)  A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
 * 2)  The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
 * 1)  A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
 * 2)  The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:diminution
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:decrement

Antonyms

 * ,, , ; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Translations

 * Afrikaans: reduksie
 * Arabic: نَقْص
 * Egyptian Arabic: نقص
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
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 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შემცირება, დაკლება, კლება
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μείωσις
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: laghdú
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latvian: pamazinājums
 * Macedonian: намалу́вање, снижу́вање
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: اكرام
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: намалу́вање, смалу́вање
 * Norwegian:
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 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, pelkistyminen
 * French:
 * Georgian: აღდგენა, რედუქცია
 * German:
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 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: реду́кција
 * Malay:
 * Maori: ōheketanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ангижралт, ангижрах үйлчлэл
 * Mongolian: ᠠᠩᠭᠢᠵᠢᠷᠠᠯᠲᠤ, ᠠᠩᠭᠢᠵᠢᠷᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠢᠯᠴᠢᠯᠡᠯ
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: redüklenme


 * Finnish: kokoon keittäminen
 * French:
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 * Finnish: sieventäminen,
 * French:
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 * Indonesian:
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 * Malay:
 * Tagalog: maliw, pagmaliw


 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: רדוקציה
 * Japanese:


 * Bulgarian: наместване
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: наместу́вање
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,