reduction
- IPA[rəˈdəkSH(ə)n]
美式
- the action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size；the amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price
noun: reduction, plural noun: reductions
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名詞
- 1. the action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size talks on arms reduction there had been a reduction in the number of casualties 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ the amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price special reductions on knitwear 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ the simplification of a subject or problem to a particular form in presentation or analysis the reduction of classical genetics to molecular biology
- ▪ the process of converting an amount from one denomination to a smaller one, or of bringing down a fraction to its lowest terms.
- ▪ the halving of the number of chromosomes per cell that occurs at one of the two anaphases of meiosis.
- 2. a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount.
- ▪ an arrangement of an orchestral score for piano or for a smaller group of performers.
- ▪ a thick and concentrated liquid or sauce made by boiling.
- ▪ a copy of a picture or photograph made on a smaller scale than the original.
- 3. the 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. the process or result of reducing or being reduced the reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon
- 5. substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate the process of vowel reduction
- a system of gearwheels in which the driven shaft rotates more slowly than the driving shaft.
Oxford Dictionary
- a system of gearwheels in which the driven shaft rotates more slowly than the driving shaft.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a series of arms-reduction negotiations between the US and the Soviet Union begun in 1983. The ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a series of arms-reduction negotiations between the US and the Soviet Union begun in 1983. The ...
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[rɪˈdʌkʃn]
英式
- the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: talks on arms reduction there had been a reduction in the number of casualties
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