reductionallyadv.
/rᵻˈdʌkʃn̩əli/, /rᵻˈdʌkʃn̩l̩i/, /rᵻˈdʌkʃənl̩i/, /rᵻˈdʌkʃ(ə)nəli/, U.S. /rəˈdəkʃ(ə)nəli/ 1. Biology. In the manner of or as part of the reduction division of meiosis. Cf. reductional adj. 2.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adverb] > reduction
prereductionally1905
reductionally1905
postreductionally1950
1905 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 57 195 There is no evidence that chromosomes divide in different ways in the first maturation mitosis, some equationally and some reductionally.
1939 F. W. Sansome & J. L. Philp Recent Adv. in Plant Genetics (ed. 2) vi. 183 Muller's Theory implies that the whole chromosome divides reductionally at the first division of meiosis.
1997 Chromosome Res. 5 47 Those ends that present kinetic activity at anaphase I segregate reductionally during the first meiotic division and equationally during the second meiotic division.
2. gen. In a reductional manner; as regards reduction; (also) reductively.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]
decreasingly1822
diminishingly1827
a-wane1876
reductionally1967
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb] > indirectly or as a secondary consequence
occasionallya1425
reflectively1618
reductively1624
reflexively1631
secondarily1637
consecutively1644
consequentially1652
reflexly1654
secondarly1771
reductionally1967
1967 Man 2 612 The institutions (beating of drums, etc.) have been defined reductionally by physical criteria (sound-waves, neural responses) which have no social content.
1980 A. O. Rorty Explaining Emotions iv. 118 They appear to be at odds only when both theories get reductionally ambitious: when..each tries to explain all phenomena at all levels.
1994 F. Lerdahl & R. Jackendoff in C. P. Otero Noam Chomsky 35 Typically it seems to be reductionally unimportant pitches that are omitted or changed, while the structural skeleton remains intact.
2003 Jrnl. Range Managem. 56 303/1 A collection of contributions that addresses ranching holistically rather than reductionally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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