A Reduction

1. The act, process, or result of reducing.
2. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
3. (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
4. (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
5. (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
6. (computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
7. (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
8. (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
9. (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery). Synonym: taxis
10. (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
11. (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.

Synonyms

(act, process, or result of reducing): decline, lessening; diminution

(amount by which something is reduced): extract, decrement

Antonyms

(act, process, or result of reducing): elevation, expansion, increase, promotion; augmentation

(amount by which something is reduced): addition, supplement; adjunct

(chemistry): oxidation