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reducer

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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