(archaic) reduction

plural of reducent

Alternative form of reducible

Alternative form of reducibleness

(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. / (intransitive) To lose weight.

Capable of being reduced. / (mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as x²-1.

simple past tense and past participle of reduce

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction. / Discounted in price. / (cooking) Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.

present participle of reduce

(chemistry) That causes reduction.