reduction

reduction
noun Etymology: Middle English reduccion restoration, from Middle French reducion, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin reduction-, reductio reduction (in a syllogism), from Latin, restoration, from reducere Date: 15th century 1. the act or process of reducing ; the state of being reduced 2. a. something made by reducing b. the amount by which something is reduced 3. [Spanish reducción, from Latin reduction-, reductio] a South American Indian settlement directed by Jesuit missionaries 4. meiosis 2; specifically production of the gametic chromosome number in the first meiotic division • reductional adjective

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  • reduction — [ri duk′shən] n. [LME reduccion < MFr reduction < L reductio < reductus, pp. of reducere] 1. a reducing or being reduced 2. anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc.… …   English World dictionary

  • reduction — reduction. См. редукция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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