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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reduction \Re*duc"tion\ (r?*d?k"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]duction, L. reductio. See {Reduce}.] 1. 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. 2. (Arith. & Alq.) The act or process of reducing. See {Reduce}, v. t., 6. and {To reduce an equation}, {To reduce an expression}, under {Reduce}, v. t. 3. (Astron.) a The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc b The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result. 4. The process of making a copy of something as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions. --Fairholt. 5. (Logic) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure. 6. (Chem. & Metal.) The act process, or result of reducing; as the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol. 7. (Med.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place {Reduction ascending} (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination, as cents to dollars. {Reduction descending} (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to cents. Syn: Diminution; decrease; abatement; curtailment; subjugation; conquest; subjection. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reduction n 1: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: {decrease}, {diminution}, {step-down}] [ant: {increase}] 2: any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent [syn: {reducing}] 3: the act of reducing complexity [syn: {simplification}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: reduction (Or "contraction") The process of transforming an expression according to certain reduction rules The most important forms are {beta reduction} (application of a {lambda abstraction} to one or more argument expressions) and {delta reduction} (application of a mathematical function to the required number of arguments). An {evaluation strategy} (or {reduction strategy}), determines which part of an expression (which redex) to reduce first There are many such strategies. See {graph reduction}, {string reduction}, {normal order reduction}, {applicative order reduction}, {parallel reduction}, {alpha conversion}, {beta conversion}, {delta conversion}, {eta conversion}. (1995-02-21)
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