As a noun reduction
is reduction.
As a verb refound is
(
refind) or
refound can be to found again; to reestablish.
reduction English
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.
Antonyms
* elevation
* expansion
* increase
* promotion
* (chemistry): oxidation
Anagrams
* introduce
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refound English
Etymology 1
Inflected form
Verb
(head)
(refind)
Etymology 2
Verb
( en verb)
To found again; to reestablish.
To found or cast anew.
* T. Warton
- Ancient bells refounded .
Anagrams
*
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