ALL meanings of reduction
re·duc·tion
R r - noun reduction lowering 1
- noun reduction discount 1
- noun reduction printing: smaller copy 1
- noun reduction simplification 1
- noun reduction cooking: sauce 1
- noun Definition of reduction in Technology (Or "contraction") The process of transforming an expression according to certain reduction rules. The most important forms are beta reduction (application of a lambda abstraction to one or more argument expressions) and delta reduction (application of a mathematical function to the required number of arguments). An evaluation strategy (or reduction strategy), determines which part of an expression (which redex) to reduce first. There are many such strategies. See graph reduction, string reduction, normal order reduction, applicative order reduction, parallel reduction, alpha conversion, beta conversion, delta conversion, eta conversion. 1
- noun reduction the act of reducing or the state of being reduced. 1
- noun reduction the amount by which something is reduced or diminished. 1
- noun reduction a form produced by reducing; a copy on a smaller scale. 1
- noun reduction Cell Biology. meiosis, especially the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half. 1
- noun reduction Chemistry. the process or result of reducing. 1
- noun reduction Movies. the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge: the reduction of 35-mm films to 16-mm for the school market. 1
- noun reduction a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries. 1
- countable noun reduction When there is a reduction in something, it is made smaller. 0
- uncountable noun reduction Reduction is the act of making something smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. 0
- noun reduction the act or process or an instance of reducing 0
- noun reduction the state or condition of being reduced 0
- noun reduction the amount by which something is reduced 0
- noun reduction a form of an original resulting from a reducing process, such as a copy on a smaller scale 0
- noun reduction a simplified form, such as an orchestral score arranged for piano 0
- noun reduction the process of converting a fraction into its decimal form 0
- noun reduction the process of dividing out the common factors in the numerator and denominator of a fraction; cancellation 0
- noun reduction the process of concentrating a liquid such as wine or stock by boiling away some of the water in it, esp in order to make a sauce 0
- noun reduction a sauce made in this way 0
- noun reduction a reducing or being reduced 0
- noun reduction anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc. 0
- noun reduction the amount by which anything is reduced 0