Reducing

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc. 1.2 to lower in degree, intensity, etc. 1.3 to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc. 1.4 to treat analytically, as a complex idea. 1.5 to lower in price. 1.6 to bring to a certain state, condition, arrangement, etc. 1.7 to bring under control or authority. 1.8 Cookery . to evaporate water from (a sauce, soup, or other liquid), usually by boiling. 1.9 Photography . to lessen the density of (an exposed negative). 1.10 to adjust or correct by making allowances, as an astronomical observation. 1.11 Mathematics . to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.). 1.12 Chemistry . 1.13 Chemistry, Metallurgy . to bring into the metallic state by separating from nonmetallic constituents. 1.14 to thin or dilute 1.15 to lower the alcoholic concentration of (spirits) by diluting with water. 1.16 Surgery . to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone. 1.17 Phonetics . to modify the quality of (a speech sound) to one of lesser distinctiveness, esp. to pronounce (an unstressed vowel) as (?) or another centralized vowel, as in the unstressed syllables of medicinal. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to become reduced. 2.2 to become lessened, esp. in weight. 2.3 to be turned into or made to equal something 2.4 Cell Biology . to undergo meiosis.

Verb (used with object)

to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.

to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.

to lower in degree, intensity, etc.

to reduce the speed of a car.

to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc.

a sergeant reduced to a corporal

to treat analytically, as a complex idea.

to lower in price.

to bring to a certain state, condition, arrangement, etc.

to reduce glass to powder.

to bring under control or authority.

Cookery . to evaporate water from (a sauce, soup, or other liquid), usually by boiling.

Photography . to lessen the density of (an exposed negative).

to adjust or correct by making allowances, as an astronomical observation.

Mathematics . to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.).

Chemistry .

to add electrons to.

to deoxidize.

to add hydrogen to.

to change (a compound) so that the valence of the positive element is lower.

Chemistry, Metallurgy . to bring into the metallic state by separating from nonmetallic constituents.

to thin or dilute

to reduce paint with oil or turpentine.

to lower the alcoholic concentration of (spirits) by diluting with water.

Surgery . to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone.

Phonetics . to modify the quality of (a speech sound) to one of lesser distinctiveness, esp. to pronounce (an unstressed vowel) as (?) or another centralized vowel, as in the unstressed syllables of medicinal.

Verb (used without object)

to become reduced.

to become lessened, esp. in weight.

to be turned into or made to equal something

All our difficulties reduce to financial problems.

Cell Biology . to undergo meiosis.