Definitions for reduction

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reduction re·duc·tion

Spelling: [ri-duhk-shuh n]

IPA: /rɪˈdʌk ʃən/

Reduction is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 629 anagrams from letters in reduction (cdeinortu).

Definitions for reduction

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. Cell Biology. meiosis, especially the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.
5. Chemistry. the process or result of reducing.
6. Movies. the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge:
7. a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries.

Origin of reduction

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

Examples for reduction

Does that mean a reduction in policing would be a good thing?

His debts of 1000 had been paid, and his allowance of 300 threatened with the reduction of a third.

The reduction in the unemployment levels is largely due to part time jobs and more people simply giving up looking for jobs.

Gotleib contended that Arledge could sustain the reduction required.

Proper use could lead to weight loss and reduction in gastric reflux.

As a rule, however, the associations will not hear of even such a reduction.

Like many I spoke to, Williams seemed to desire a reorientation of policing, rather than just a reduction.

The reduction in rent in this case was at least a third of the total.

First, the reduction of war to a football statistic; but second and more meaningfully, because we all knew what that “1” was.

This chute, Fuller had said, led to the outside at the back of the reduction plant.