单词 | reduction |
释义 | reduction/rɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n![]() noun [mass noun] 1The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: talks on arms reduction [count noun]: there had been a reduction in the number of casualties...
Synonyms depletion, cut, cutting, cutback, scaling down, trimming, slimming (down), pruning, axing, chopping, curtailment, limiting easing, lightening, moderation, dilution, mitigation, commuting, qualification, alleviation, relaxation, abatement demotion, downgrading, lowering; abasement, humbling, demeaning, belittling, humiliation, bringing low 1.1 [count noun] The amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price: special reductions on knitwear...
Synonyms lessening, lowering, decrease, diminution, minimizing discount, markdown, deduction, (price) cut, pullback, concession, allowance informal slash 1.2The simplification of a subject or problem to a particular form in presentation or analysis: the reduction of classical genetics to molecular biology...
1.3 Mathematics The process of converting an amount from one denomination to a smaller one, or of bringing down a fraction to its lowest terms.In particular Zhang sees the reduction of fractions to a common denominator as hard. 1.4 Biology The halving of the number of chromosomes per cell that occurs at one of the two anaphases of meiosis.Sexual plant reproduction involves a reduction of the somatic chromosome number by meiosis followed by a restoration of the somatic chromosome number by fertilization....
2 [count noun] A thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount, in particular: 2.1An arrangement of an orchestral score for piano or for a smaller group of performers.Kudos must be given to Björling's unsung accompanist, particularly in the piano reductions of the arias....
2.2A thick and concentrated liquid or sauce made by boiling.Remember, most sauces are reductions, therefore the taste will be concentrated....
2.3A copy of a picture or photograph made on a smaller scale than the original.The painting itself did not subsequently spawn any of the painted repetitions and reductions that complicate the pedigree of Delaroche's later works....
3The action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position: we must see if the fracture requires reduction...
4 Chemistry The process or result of reducing or being reduced: the reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon...
5 Phonetics Substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate: the process of vowel reduction...
OriginLate Middle English (denoting the action of bringing back): from Old French, or from Latin reductio(n-), from reducere 'bring back, restore' (see reduce). The sense development was broadly similar to that of reduce; sense 1 dates from the late 17th century. Rhymes |
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