reduction
reduction
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- the action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
缩减，降低
talks on arms reduction.
削减武器谈判。
[count noun]there had been a reduction in the number of casualties.
伤亡人数已经减少。
■[count noun]the amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price
（数量）削减；减价
special reductions on knitwear.
针织品特价。
■the simplification of a subject or problem to a particular form in presentation or analysis
归纳，简化
the reduction of classical genetics to molecular biology.
将古典遗传学归结为分子生物学。
■(Mathematics)the process of converting an amount from one denomination to a smaller one, or of bringing down a fraction to its lowest terms
(数)简化，缩减，约化；归约
■(Biology)the halving of the number of chromosomes per cell that occurs at one of the two anaphases of meiosis
(生)染色体减半 - [count noun]a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount, in particular
规模（或数量）被减少之物，尤指
■an arrangement of an orchestral score for piano or for a smaller group of performers
简编曲（管弦乐改编的钢琴曲或小乐队演奏曲）
■a thick and concentrated liquid or sauce made by boiling
浓汤，浓汁
■a copy of a picture or photograph made on a smaller scale than the original
（照片，画）缩小版 - the action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position
脱臼（或断骨）复位 - (Chemistry)the process or result of reducing or being reduced
(化)还原；被还原 - (Phonetics)substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate
(语音)弱化
the process of vowel reduction.
元音弱化。
- late 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 cent
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