reduction

• the act of decreasing or reducing something
• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen)
• the act of reducing complexity
• The act of reducing, or state of being reduced
• The act or process of reducing
• The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc
• The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result
• The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions
• The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure
• The act, process, or result of reducing
• The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Pennsylvania

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