1. reduction - Noun
2. reduction - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAgriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in the gas chambers and the extermination camps, the same thing as blockades and the reduction of countries to famine, the same thing as the manufacture of hydrogen bombs. Martin Heidegger
The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace. Frank B. Kellogg
Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class. James Callaghan
We stand for the dismantling of foreign military bases. We stand for a reduction of armed forces and armaments in areas where military confrontation is especially dangerous, above all in central Europe. Leonid Brezhnev
The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated. John Kenneth Galbraith