reduction

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reduction
rɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
    E.g. talks on arms reduction
  • a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount.
  • the action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position.
    E.g. we must see if the fracture requires reduction
  • the process or result of reducing or being reduced.
    E.g. the reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon
  • substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate.
    E.g. the process of vowel reduction

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