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Reduction is the process of lowering, degrading, or diminishing.

Reduction or '''reducing''' may also refer to:

  • Reduction (mathematics) , the process of manipulating a series of equations or matrices into a desired 'simpler' format


  • Reduction (complexity) , in computational complexity theory, the transformation of an instance of one problem into an instance of another


  • Reduction (cooking) , the process of thickening a liquid mixture such as a sauce by evaporation


  • Reduction, in Redox chemistry, is the reverse of oxidation


  • Reduction (philosophy) , in philosophy, the process of explaining a particular phenomenon in terms of more fundamental concepts


  • Reduction (linguistics) , in linguistics, the shortening of the pronunciation of a word. e.g. wanna, lemme, gimme.




  • Purchasing Reduction , in economics and in waste management, the process of decreasing the purchase of consumer goods


  • Reduction Property , in descriptive set theory, a pointclass allows partitioning the union of two sets in the pointclass into two disjoint sets in the same pointclass



  • Reduction, in pottery, the process of limiting the amount of oxygen available to support combustion in a Kiln , thereby changing the appearance of the glazes on the finished ware