ALL meanings of reduced
re·duced
R r - adjective reduced that is or has been reduced. 1
- adjective reduced Mathematics. noting a polynomial equation in which the second highest power is missing: The cubic equation x 3 − 4x + 4 = 0 is reduced. 1
- verb with object reduced to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds. 1
- verb with object reduced to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: to reduce the speed of a car. 1
- verb with object reduced to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc.: a sergeant reduced to a corporal. 1
- adjective reduced lessened 1
- verb with object reduced to treat analytically, as a complex idea. 1
- adjective reduced price, item: cheaper 1
- verb with object reduced to lower in price. 1
- adjective reduced sauce: concentrated 1
- verb with object reduced to bring to a certain state, condition, arrangement, etc.: to reduce glass to powder. 1
- verb with object reduced to bring under control or authority. 1
- verb with object reduced Cookery. to evaporate water from (a sauce, soup, or other liquid), usually by boiling. 1
- verb with object reduced Photography. to lessen the density of (an exposed negative). 1
- verb with object reduced to adjust or correct by making allowances, as an astronomical observation. 1
- verb with object reduced Mathematics. to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.). 1
- verb with object reduced Chemistry. to add electrons to. to deoxidize. to add hydrogen to. to change (a compound) so that the valence of the positive element is lower. 1
- verb with object reduced Chemistry, Metallurgy. to bring into the metallic state by separating from nonmetallic constituents. 1
- verb with object reduced to thin or dilute: to reduce paint with oil or turpentine. 1
- verb with object reduced to lower the alcoholic concentration of (spirits) by diluting with water. 1
- verb with object reduced Surgery. to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone. 1
- verb with object reduced Phonetics. to modify the quality of (a speech sound) to one of lesser distinctiveness, especially to pronounce (an unstressed vowel) as (ə) or another centralized vowel, as in the unstressed syllables of medicinal. 1
- verb without object reduced to become reduced. 1
- verb without object reduced to become lessened, especially in weight. 1
- verb without object reduced to be turned into or made to equal something: All our difficulties reduce to financial problems. 1
- verb without object reduced Cell Biology. to undergo meiosis. 1
- adjective reduced (of a commodity) brought down in price 0