reduction

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The act, process, or result of reducing.
2. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
3. A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
4. The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
5. The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
6. A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
7. An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
8. A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
9. A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
10. A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
11. The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.

Concepten

korting

reductie

vermindering

afslag

inkrimping

verlaging

daling

afname

rabat

herleiding

terugval

besnoeiing

degradatie

verkleining

kwijtschelding

uitstel

achteruitgang

debâcle

degeneratie

kleinering

ondergang

ontaarding

rampspoed

tegenspoed

val

verflauwing

vernedering

verootmoediging

verval

verwording

verzakking

vereenvoudiging

zetting

scheikundige herleiding

afneming

aftrek

aftrekking

decrement

deductie

devaluatie

verzwakking

Met koppelteken als

re‧duc‧tion

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹɪˈdʌkʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem.

Zinnen

The referendum did not provide how the reduction of members was to occur .

Het referendum gaf niet hoe de vermindering van de leden zou plaatsvinden.