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noun

Reduction n.

1.

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.

(Arith. & Alg.) 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.

(Astron.)

(a)

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

(b)

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

4.

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

5.

(Logic) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

6.

(Chem. & Metal.) The act, process, or result of reducing (7); as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of an aldehyde into an alcohol.

7.

(Med.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Reduction ascending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination, as cents to dollars.

Reduction descending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to cents.

Synonyms: Diminution; decrease; abatement; curtailment; subjugation; conquest; subjection.

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"Reduction" Quotes from Famous Books

... not seem practicable to the writer to calculate what the reduction of rate of grade should be, a consensus of results of operation on different lengths of grade might give sufficient data to reach some conclusion on ...

— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • Beverly S. Randolph

... Of course it is far inferior to the plan of a reserve of trained men; but that plan had not yet been hammered out by Scharnhorst, under the stress of the Napoleonic domination in Prussia. As to the reduction of seven men per company, now proposed, it may have been due partly to political reasons. Several reports in the Home Office and War Office archives prove that discontent was rife among the troops, especially in the northern districts, on ...

— William Pitt and the Great War • John Holland Rose

... hoped that the time that will intervene before the reduction takes place will give them an opportunity to think matters over, ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 54, November 18, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... more to go to trenches, and the same day we moved to Annezin, just outside Bethune. The march will always be remembered on account of the tremendous energy displayed by Captain Shields, who was acting second in command. Just before the start he insisted on the reduction of all officers' kits to their authorised weight, thereby causing much consternation amongst those whose trench kits included gramophones, field boots, and other such articles of modern warfare. ...

— The Fifth Leicestershire - A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, - T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. • J.D. Hills

... and I had the store-room adjoining the office put in shape, and offered it to the telegraph company for half the rent they were paying in their former quarters over the post-office. They have moved in; and this, in addition to giving us our despatches direct, is a reduction ...

— The Gentleman From Indiana • Booth Tarkington

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