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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reduction/rɪˈdʌkʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action of reducing.
■ the amount by which something is reduced.
- 2 an arrangement of an orchestral score for piano or a smaller group of performers.
- 3 a smaller copy of a picture or photograph.
- 4 a thick and concentrated liquid or sauce.
'reduction' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- burnout
- carbon offsetting
- compression
- cut
- cutback
- damping
- dark reaction
- decompression
- decrement
- defalcate
- deflation
- deindustrialization
- denitrify
- deoxyribose
- digest
- diminution
- disarmament
- disinflation
- disintermediation
- Dolby
- drawdown
- -en
- extinction
- fallback
- for
- hydroquinone
- hypogonadism
- let-up
- leucopenia
- markdown
- nitric oxide
- no-claims bonus
- piperidine
- pursy
- rarefaction
- redox
- reducing agent
- reductio ad absurdum
- reduction gear
- reductive
- regulus
- remission
- ritenuto
- rollback
- saving
- scale
- shrinkage
- START
Forum discussions with the word(s) "reduction" in the title:
a deficit-reducing plan and a deficit- reduction plan
a general word for both increment and reduction
A reduction in power consumption or in the power consumption
a reduction in running cost
adjective clause reduction
Although it is not straight forward / Although not straight ...[?]. [Reduction]
enable a comparable reduction
Experiment number reduction
fidelity reduction
Front reduction case
Hyphenations: "brute[-]force"? "less[-]drastic reduction"?
people's poverty reduction or poverty reduction of/among?
reducing/reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
Reduction
Reduction in Cleft Sentences
reduction in the scope of the enquiries
reduction in? reduction of?
reduction in/of
reduction in/of/on
Reduction of adverb clauses
Reduction of Clauses
reduction of oranges supply
reduction of relative clause
reduction of, reduction in?
more...
a general word for both increment and reduction
A reduction in power consumption or in the power consumption
a reduction in running cost
adjective clause reduction
Although it is not straight forward / Although not straight ...[?]. [Reduction]
enable a comparable reduction
Experiment number reduction
fidelity reduction
Front reduction case
Hyphenations: "brute[-]force"? "less[-]drastic reduction"?
people's poverty reduction or poverty reduction of/among?
reducing/reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction
Reduction
Reduction in Cleft Sentences
reduction in the scope of the enquiries
reduction in? reduction of?
reduction in/of
reduction in/of/on
Reduction of adverb clauses
Reduction of Clauses
reduction of oranges supply
reduction of relative clause
reduction of, reduction in?
more...
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