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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
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The act or process of reducing. See Reduce. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
- 3transitive verb
The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
- 4transitive verb
The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
- 5transitive verb
The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
- 6transitive verb
The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
- 7transitive verb
The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
- 8transitive verb
The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
- 9noun
the act of reducing complexity
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- 10noun
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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- 11noun
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
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