Annihilation vs Reduction - What's the difference?
annihilation | reduction |
The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
The state of being annihilated.
(physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
The act, process, or result of reducing.
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
(computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
(music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
(philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
As nouns the difference between annihilation and reduction
is that annihilation is annihilation while reduction is reduction.annihilation
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (act of reducing to nothing) extinction, eradication * (state of being annihilated) extinctionAntonyms
* (act of reducing to nothing) creation, generation * (state of being annihilated) generationExternal links
* * *reduction
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Noun
(en noun)- A 5% reduction in robberies