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Definition of Reduction

Reduction 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. The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t. The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc. The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result. The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions. The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure. The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol. The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place. Related Definitions: Act, Alcohol, Aldehyde, An, And, As, Being, Body, Bringing, Condition, Conquest, Conversion, Copy, Correction, Deduce, Design, Diminution, Dislocated, Draught, Equation, Expression, Expenses, Figure, First, For, Former, Fractured, From, General, Given, Government, Imperfect, In, Into, Iron, Known, Making, Mode, Of, On, One, Operation, Or, Order, Part, Place, Powder, Preparation, Preserving, Process, Proper, Province, Rebellious, Reduce, Reduced, Reducing, Reduction, Restoring, Result, Scale, See, So-Called, Something, State, Syllogism, The, To, Under

Reduction Quotations The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. Dwight D. Eisenhower Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones. Gro H. Brundtland Agriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in the gas chambers and the extermination camps, the same thing as blockades and the reduction of countries to famine, the same thing as the manufacture of hydrogen bombs. Martin Heidegger All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero. Joseph Rotblat Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations. Cliff Stearns

Reduction Translations reduction in Italian is depressione, riduzione, remissione

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