Reduction

n. act of decreasing, act of lessening, act of diminishing

Reduction is the process of lowering, degrading, or diminishing.Reduction or reducing may also refer to:Reduction (chemistry), a process of lowering the positive valence state of an element (e.g., reducing an ore to metal); the reverse of oxidation, half of a redox reaction.Reduction (cooking), the process of thickening a liquid mixture such as a sauce by evaporationReduction (philosophy), in philosophy, the process of explaining a particular concept or phenomenon in terms of more fundamental concepts or phenomenaReduction (linguistics), in linguistics, the shortening of the pronunciation of a word. e.g. wanna, lemme, gimme.Reduction, in physiology, another name for weight loss or dietingReduction (orthopedic surgery), in orthopedic surgery, a medical procedure to restore a fracture to a correct alignmentReduction (town), a form of Catholic mission in South America in the 17th and 18th centuriesPurchasing reduction, in economics and in waste management, is the process of decreasing the purchase of consumer goodsReduction (Sweden), in 1680 a return of lands to the Crown earlier granted to the nobility.Waste reduction is the first and most desirable component of the waste hierarchy (reduce, reuse, recycle)
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Reduction /re·duc·tion/ 1. the correction of a fracture, luxation, or hernia. 2. the addition of hydrogen to a substance, or more generally, the [more]Reduction - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
(synonym) decrease, diminution, step-down
(hypernym) change of magnitude
(hyponym) cut
(derivation) shrink, reduce
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
(synonym) reducing
(hypernym) chemical reaction, reaction
3. the act of reducing complexity
(synonym) simplification
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) schematization, schematisation
(derivation) reduce

n. reduction, deduction, cutting off; discount, diminution, abatement; decreasing, abridgement, allowance; constriction, markdown, mitigation; rundown, trimming