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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reducer \Re*duc"er\, n.
1. (Mach.)
a A contrivance for reducing the dimensions of one part
so as to fit it to another, as a reducing coupling, or
a device for holding a drilling a chuck.
b A reducing motion.
c A reducing valve.
d A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence
increasing movement, used to transmit the load from
the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the
lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy
testing machines.
2. (Photog.) A reducing agent, either a developer or an agent
for reducing density.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reducer \Re*du"cer\ (-s?r), n.
One who or that which reduces.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reducer
n : joins two pipes of different diameter
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