Word Meaning

Meaning of "reductions" and the crossword clue

- Arms reduction
- Devaluation
- Diminution in value or quantity
- Lessening
- Markdowns, price ...
- 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.
- 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.
- The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
- The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
- The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
- The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.