1. The act of decreasing or reducing something
   - decrease, diminution, step-down 
2. Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
   - reducing 
3. The act of reducing complexity
   - simplification

Derived forms: reductions

See also: reduce

Type of: change, change of magnitude, chemical reaction, reaction

Encyclopedia: Reduction

• in full
• in full action
• in full swing
• in full view
• in gear
• in general
• in good order
• in good spirits
• in good taste
• in good time
• in great confusion
• in hand
• in haste
• pleasure
• pleasure boat
• pleasure craft
• pleasure ground
• pleasure principle
• pleasure seeker
• pleasure trip
• pleasure-pain principle
• pleasure-unpleasure principle
• pleat
• pleating
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