reduction

reduction is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
3. transitive verb. The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
4. transitive verb. The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
5. transitive verb. The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
6. transitive verb. The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
7. transitive verb. The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
8. transitive verb. The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
9. noun. the act of reducing complexity

   Synonyms: simplification

10. noun. the act of decreasing or reducing something

    Synonyms: decrease, diminution

11. 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

    Synonyms: reducing

Synonyms

simplification, decrease, diminution, reducing

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reduction:

introduce

Common word forms

reductions, reductional

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