Word Meanings - REDUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t. The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc. The preparation of the facts and measurements

Additional info about word: REDUCTION

The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t. The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc. The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result. 4. The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions. Fairholt. (more info) 1. The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REDUCTION)

• Abbreviation
• Abridgment
• reduction
• contraction
• curtailment
• abstract
• summary
• epitome
• condensation
• compression
• Retrenchment
• diminution

Related words: (words related to REDUCTION)

• ABSTRACTION
  The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
• EPITOME
  1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith. 2. A compact or condensed
• ABSTRACTEDLY
  In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
• ABBREVIATION
  One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore. (more info) 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor. 3. The form to
• ABRIDGMENT
  1. The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses. 2. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. Ancient
• ABSTRACTITIOUS
  Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.
• ABSTRACTNESS
  The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke.
• ABSTRACTIONAL
  Pertaining to abstraction.
• CONTRACTION
  The process of shortening an operation. 3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease. 4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word
• CURTAILMENT
  The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
• ABSTRACTIONIST
  An idealist. Emerson.
• ABSTRACTIVE
  Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.
• REDUCTION
  The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t. The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc. The preparation of the facts and measurements
• ABSTRACTIVENESS
  The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
• COMPRESSION PROJECTILE
  A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and
• ABSTRACTLY
  In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
• ABSTRACTER
  One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
• ABSTRACTIVELY
  In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.
• CONDENSATION
  The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water. (more info) 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed;
• DIMINUTION
  Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record. (more info) 1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase. 2. The act of lessening
• RECONDENSATION
  The act or process of recondensing.
• INABSTRACTED
  Not abstracted.