Reduction ¹

Definition: 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.

Reduction ²

Definition: The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.

Reduction ³

Definition: The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.

Reduction ⁴

Definition: The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.

Reduction ⁵

Definition: The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.

Reduction ⁶

Definition: The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

Reduction ⁷

Definition: The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.

Reduction ⁸

Definition: The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

reduction ⁹

Definition: the act of reducing complexity

reduction ¹⁰

Definition: the act of decreasing or reducing something

reduction ¹¹

Definition: 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