Definitions
1.NounThe act, process, or result of reducing.
2.NounThe amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price."A 5% reduction in robberies"
3.NounA reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
4.NounThe process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
5.NounThe rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
6.NounA transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
7.NounAn arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
8.NounA philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
9.NounA medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery)."closed reduction; open reduction and internal fixation"
10.NounA reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
11.NounThe ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
12.NounA religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population."Spanish reductions in Mexico were common during the 18th century."