noun🔗ShareThe act, process, or result of reducing."The store announced significant reductions in prices for all summer clothing. "processamounteconomybusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price."A 5% reduction in robberies"businesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen."In the chemistry experiment, we observed reductions when the copper oxide lost oxygen, causing the copper's valence to decrease. "chemistrybiochemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it."The chef specialized in savory reductions, transforming thin broths into rich, flavorful sauces. "foodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe rewriting of an expression into a simpler form."The math problems became easier after the reductions simplified the fractions. "mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction."In computer science, reductions are often used to prove a new problem is difficult by showing that solving it would allow us to solve a known difficult problem. "computingtheorymathlogictechnicalscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera."The piano teacher assigned her students simple reductions of famous orchestral pieces, making them easier to learn. "musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)"The philosophy class discussed Husserl's reductions, a process of stripping away assumptions to understand our pure experiences of the world. "philosophytheorymindbeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment."After the accident, the doctor performed reductions on both of Sarah's dislocated shoulders to put her bones back in place. "medicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading