reduction (noun)
1reduction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, great, large, major, marked, significant, substantial ▪ The changes may result in a greater reduction in employee numbers than we had previously …
2reduction — ► NOUN 1) the action of reducing something. 2) the amount by which something is reduced. 3) a smaller copy of a picture or photograph. 4) a thick and concentrated liquid or sauce …
3reduction — re‧duc‧tion [rɪˈdʌkʆn] noun FINANCE 1. [countable, uncountable] when prices, costs etc become lower or are made lower: • Our winter sale includes many price reductions. • We can make a reduction (= sell something more cheaply …
4reduction division — noun (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) • Syn: ↑meiosis …
5reduction — noun 1) a reduction in pollution Syn: lessening, lowering, decrease, diminution, fade out 2) a staff reduction Syn: cutback, cut, downsizing, scaling down, trimming, pruning, axing …
6reduction — noun Etymology: Middle English reduccion restoration, from Middle French reducion, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin reduction , reductio reduction (in a syllogism), from Latin, restoration, from reducere Date: 15th century 1. the act or… …
7reduction potential — noun : the potential at which reduction occurs at the cathode in an electrochemical cell compare oxidation reduction potential * * * Physical Chem. (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which reduction occurs. Cf. oxidation… …
8reduction — noun 1) a reduction in pollution Syn: lessening, lowering, decrease, diminution 2) a reduction in staff Syn: cut, cutback, axing, downsizing …
9reduction division — noun Date: 1891 the usually first division of meiosis in which chromosome reduction occurs; also meiosis 2 …
10reduction — noun a) The act, process, or result of reducing. A 5% reduction in robberies b) The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price. Ant: elevation …
