Reduction is the act of cutting back or making smaller, like the reduction of a school budget that makes it necessary to eliminate art and music programs.
The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest;
Noun
the act of reducing complexity
Noun
the act of decreasing or reducing something
Noun
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
n.
The act of reducing, or state of being reduced;
conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the
reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the
reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious
province.
n.
The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6.
and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
v. t.
The correction of observations for known errors of
instruments, etc.
v. t.
The preparation of the facts and measurements of
observations in order to deduce a general result.
v. t.
The process of making a copy of something, as a
figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper
proportions.
v. t.
The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called
imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
v. t.
The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the
reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from
alcohol.
v. t.
The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured
part to its former place.
Reduction
The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest;
Usage Examples
Agriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in the gas chambers and the extermination camps, the same thing as blockades and the reduction of countries to famine, the same thing as the manufacture of hydrogen bombs.
President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.
The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.
Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones.
As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources.
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Other Usage ExamplesCertain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.
We're going to need to absorb some pain. The Republicans want to pile all the pain on people who can least afford it and the middle class and Democrats under his leadership want to make sure that we can address deficit reduction and continue to make investments and shared sacrifice is going to be imperative in order to be able to do that.
More than 1.1 million taxpayers in Pennsylvania will enjoy a lower tax rate, more than 1.4 million married couples will benefit from the reduction in the marriage penalty, and more than 1.1 million parents will have the advantage of an increased child tax credit.
Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.
I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.
Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.
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