Synonym: decrease, diminution, reducing, simplification, step-down. Similar words: production, introduction, auction, prediction, destruction, instruction, construction, instructional. Meaning: [rɪ'dʌkʃn] 
n. 1. the act of decreasing or reducing something 2. 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 3. the act of reducing complexity.
n. 1. the act of decreasing or reducing something 2. 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 3. the act of reducing complexity. 
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91. The transfer is made to avoid a reduction in share capital and, accordingly, to protect creditors.
92. The reduction in scrolling and window swapping has made the whole computer feel better and more relaxing to use.
93. Scaling a means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design.
94. The consequent reduction in torque at low speeds, resulting in poor initial acceleration, is compensated by the higher steady-state speed.
95. It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools.
96. Furthermore, psychiatry has been affected by the general reduction in admission beds.
97. He then discussed this with the general practitioner and gradual reduction of the antidepressant was initiated.
98. Part of the reason for this recovery has been the reduction of import duties on foreign paper.
99. However, there was an exceptional cost of ￡2.1m due to the staff reduction programme which cut 160 from the head count.
100. Home energy efficiency is increasingly seen as a route to a reduction in national greenhouse gas emissions.
101. The economic benefits of such a reduction would be very large.
102. The projected deficit reduction depended on government revenue rising 22 percent in 1989, and on spending increasing by only 15 percent.
103. One is the likely reduction in rail carriage of freight, and the consequent increase in road haulage.
104. On the other hand, a reduction in costs can come about through elimination of waste.
105. They were to be abolished as part of a 50 percent reduction in the armed forces.
106. A reduction of biliary phospholipids by dietary legumes was associated with an increased cholesterol saturation of bile.
107. Lung cancer deaths have halved since 1965, mainly due to a reduction in the number of people who smoke.
108. This recent reduction should not mask the fact that casualties in this age group still exceed the 1981-85 baseline.
109. In addition to its role in conserving heat, double, glazing is an important contributor to the reduction of condensation.
110. The intensive use of capital for highly automated products leads to a reduction in the importance of manpower.
111. If you are travelling by car,(Sentence dictionary) calculate as above then make the necessary accommodation only reduction as detailed on page 80.
112. Fast productivity growth in the sectors producing means of production ensured a rapid reduction in the real cost of capital goods.
113. There was an up front charge and they will take a proportion of any reduction in debt.
114. In too few cases has the reduction been accompanied by an admission that the new base will be more sustainable in future.
115. This could undermine the enterprise economy and lead to a reduction in consumer choice.
116. To set up a working group to look at ways of achieving a reduction of differentials for next year.
117. There could be a saving in the cost of pesticides and a consequent reduction in the risk of environmental contamination by residues.
118. The reduction of fat in the diet helps to eliminate the fat on the body.
119. Baldwin had aimed by his example at a debt reduction of ￡1000 million.
120. This reduction was achieved by a change in the calculation of the uprating of these additions.
More similar words: production, introduction, auction, prediction, destruction, instruction, construction, instructional, productive, productivity, education, educational, action, section, fiction, sanction, election, reaction, fraction, function, selection, infection, objection, protection, collection, inspection, attraction, and function, take action, conviction.