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re•duc•tion /rɪˈdʌkʃən/USA pronunciation n.

[uncountable] the act or process of reducing, or the state of being reduced.
the amount by which something is reduced:[countable]a pay reduction of fifty percent.

See -duc-.

re•duc•tion (ri duk′shən),USA pronunciation n.

the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
the amount by which something is reduced or diminished.
a form produced by reducing;
a copy on a smaller scale.
Cell Biologymeiosis, esp. the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.
Chemistrythe process or result of reducing.
Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge:the reduction of 35-mm films to 16-mm for the school market.
a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries.

Latin reductiōn- (stem of reductiō) a bringing back, equivalent. to reduct(us) (past participle of redūcere; see reduce) + -iōn- -ion
Middle French reduction
earlier reduccion 1475–85

re•duc′tion•al, adj.

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reduction /rɪˈdʌkʃən/ n

the act or process or an instance of reducing
the state or condition of being reduced
the amount by which something is reduced
a form of an original resulting from a reducing process, such as a copy on a smaller scale
a simplified form, such as an orchestral score arranged for piano
- 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

reˈductive adj

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