Noun: reduction
| Singular | reduction |
| Plural | reductions |
Sample Sentences
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With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules. [1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:]
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A 5% reduction in robberies
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closed reduction
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open reduction and internal fixation
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The final stage of thickness reduction (typically 90% from about 2mm to <0.2mm) is carried out by cold rolling. [2016, Gordon L. Robertson, Food Packaging Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, page 191:]
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Spanish reductions in Mexico were common during the 18th century.
Nouns inflected like reduction
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion. See: Latin Nouns '
reductio'.
Verbs referencing "reduction"
Finnish Nouns
reduktio.