Noun

(en noun)

The act, process, or result of reducing.

The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.

A 5% reduction in robberies

(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.

Noun

(-)

The act of subjugating.

The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

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, author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation , exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}