REDUCTION
\ɹɪdˈʌkʃən], \ɹɪdˈʌkʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REDUCTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
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The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
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The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
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The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
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The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
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The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
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The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
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The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
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The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
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The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
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The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of lessening, degrading, or changing the form of; the state of being lessened, degraded, or changed in form; conquest; as, the reduction of a fort.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Act of reducing or state of being reduced: diminution: subjugation: a rule for changing numbers or quantities from one denomination to another.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A surgical operation, the object of which is to restore displaced parts to their original situation. Thus, we say the reduction of a luxation, when the displaced parts are again brought to their proper relative situation. The reduction of a hernia is the restoration of the protruded parts to the cavity of the abdomen. This is, also, called Taxis. In pharmacy, the process of restoring oxides, chlorides, sulphurets, etc., to the metallic state.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The action of bringing to or from a previous state, condition or belief; restoration.
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In chemistry, the process of adding hydrogen to some chemical compound or of extracting oxygen, chlorin, or other elements combined with some metal. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of reducing or state of being reduced; subjugation;—diminution; curtailment;- in arithmetic, art or operation of changing numbers from one denomination to another, or of changing the form of a quantity or expression without altering the value;- in algebra, act or operation of solving an equation by bringing the unknown quantity by itself on one side, and all the known quantities on the other side, without destroying the equation;- process of making a copy of something on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions;-operation of separating a metal from other substances with which it is combined;-in surgery, operation of restoring a dislocate or fractured part to its former place; also, diminution of inflammation, swellings, &c.
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