Reduction (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
  2. the amount by which something is reduced or diminished.
  3. a form produced by reducing a copy on a smaller scale.
  4. meiosis, especially the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.
  5. the process or result of reducing.
  6. the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge: the reduction of 35-millimeter films to 16-millimeter films for the school market.
  7. a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries.
noun
  1. the act or process or an instance of reducing
  2. the state or condition of being reduced
  3. the amount by which something is reduced
  4. a form of an original resulting from a reducing process, such as a copy on a smaller scale
  5. a simplified form, such as an orchestral score arranged for piano
  6. maths
    • the process of converting a fraction into its decimal form
    • the process of dividing out the common factors in the numerator and denominator of a fraction; cancellation
    Reduction (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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