reduction

Nouns

  • (n) the act of decreasing or reducing something step-down, diminution, decrease,
  • (n) any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent reducing,
  • (n) the act of reducing complexity simplification,

Synonyms

step-down diminution decrease reducing simplification

Antonyms

step-up increase

Words of close approximity

reductio
reductive
reduction division reduction gear reductionism reductionist