Results for reduction

Definitions of reduction:

part of speech: noun

Act of reducing or state of being reduced: diminution: subjugation: a rule for changing numbers or quantities from one denomination to another.

part of speech: noun

The act of reducing or being reduced; diminution; conquest; the operation of changing from one denomination into another without altering the value; in alg., the operation of solving an equation by bringing the unknown quantity to the one side, and the known quantities to the other; the collection of observations to obtain a general result; the operation of separating a metal from the ore; the operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place; a rule in arithmetic.

part of speech: noun

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.