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Word: Reduction
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting the action of bringing back): from Old French, or from Latin reductio(n-), from reducere ‘bring back, restore’ (see reduce). The sense development was broadly similar to that of reduce; sense 1 dates from the late 17th century
rɪˈdʌkʃn
the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
Short Definition:action or fact of making something smaller or less
Examples:- talks on arms reduction
- there had been a reduction in the number of casualties
a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount.
Short Definition:thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount
the action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position
Short Definition:action of remedying dislocation or fracture by returning affected part of body
Examples:- we must see if the fracture requires reduction
the process or result of reducing or being reduced
Short Definition:process or result of reducing or being reduced
Examples:- the reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon
substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate
Short Definition:substitution of sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate
Examples:- the process of vowel reduction
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