reducible
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～ capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson
reducing
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～ loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"
reducing diet
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～ a diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat)
reducing
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～ 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 agent
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～ a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
reductant
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～ a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
reductase
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～ an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
reductio ad absurdum
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～ (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
reductio
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～ (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
reduction division
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～ (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
reduction gear
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～ gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed
reduction
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～ the act of decreasing or reducing something
reduction
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～ 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
reduction
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～ the act of reducing complexity
reductionism
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～ the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
reductionism
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～ a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
reductionist
— Tillægsord
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～ of or relating to the theory of reductionism; "reductionist arguments"
reductive
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～ characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere
reductivism
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～ an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
reduktion
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– Dansk
～ formindskelse af omfang el. værdi