REDUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reduction mean? 

• REDUCTION (noun)
  The noun REDUCTION has 3 senses:

1. the act of decreasing or reducing something

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

3. the act of reducing complexity

  Familiarity information: REDUCTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of decreasing or reducing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down

Hypernyms ("reduction" is a kind of...):

change of magnitude (the act of changing the amount or size of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reduction"):

shrinking (the act of becoming less)

tax credit (a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket))

shelter; tax shelter (a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings)

declassification (reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon)

amortisation; amortization (the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years)

reverse split; reverse stock split; split down (a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity)

contraction (the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)

depreciation (a decrease in price or value)

weakening (the act of reducing the strength of something)

rollback (reducing prices back to some earlier level)

deduction; discount; price reduction (the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise)

deflation (the act of letting the air out of something)

deduction; subtraction (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole))

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

depletion (the act of decreasing something markedly)

minimisation; minimization (the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position)

de-escalation ((war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war))

alleviation; easement; easing; relief (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))

extenuation; mitigation; palliation (to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious)

devitalisation; devitalization (the act of reducing the vitality of something)

devaluation (the reduction of something's value or worth)

cutback (a reduction in quantity or rate)

lowering (the act of causing to become less)

mitigation; moderation (the action of lessening in severity or intensity)

cut (the act of reducing the amount or number)

Derivation:

reduce (make smaller)

reduce (reduce in size; reduce physically)

reduce (cut down on; make a reduction in)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

reducing; reduction

Hypernyms ("reduction" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of reducing complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reduction; simplification

Hypernyms ("reduction" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reduction"):

schematisation; schematization (the act of reducing to a scheme or formula)

Derivation:

reduce (make less complex)

 Context examples 

Miglustat can be used in substrate reduction therapy in diseases in which the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, that is responsible for the breakdown of GSL, is deficient.

(Miglustat, NCI Thesaurus)

Conjugation of interferon to human albumin prolongs the half-life of IFNa-2b and thereby allows for a reduction in the frequency of dosing.

(Albinterferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)

The research also mentioned a reduction in reported dengue cases in a smaller field study in Vinh Luong, Vietnam, in 2018.

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

Further research is needed to determine whether individual responses to calorie reduction can be used to prevent weight gain.

(Ease of weight loss influenced by individual biology, NIH)

If the development of amyloid plaques is responsible for neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, reduction of beta-amyloid formation may prevent the development and progression of disease symptoms.

(Amyloid Beta-Peptide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This protein plays a role in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(Alcohol Dehydrogenase [NADP(+)], NCI Thesaurus)

People with the highest level of adipsin had more than a 50% reduction in diabetes incidence compared with people with the lowest level of adipsin.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The findings highlight how immunotherapies that treat inflammatory conditions might play a role in the reduction of cardiovascular disease risks.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Among the effects reported to have been brought about by music are a reduction in the heart rate and in the blood pressure.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)

Further experiments showed that, in all three mouse models, the reduction in liver tumor growth that resulted from antibiotic treatment was dependent on these NKT cells.

(Study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver, National Institutes of Health)