Reduction

(noun.) the act of reducing complexity.

(noun.) 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.

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• But our manufacturers were not long satisfied with this reduction: by the 29th of the same king, chap. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Vaporisation, absorption, compression or reduction of atmospheric pressure are the principal methods of producing cold. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This was a reduction from $23. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A sensible reduction of temperature is instantly noticeable. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This state of the eyes is probably due to gradual reduction from disuse, but aided perhaps by natural selection. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• All over the oceans there was the same reduction in the time and the same increase in the certainty of human communications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• None of these articles, therefore, seem to admit of any considerable reduction of expense. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Even this small reduction of debt, however, has not been all made from the savings out of the ordinary revenue of the state. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the case of the Crane trial there was a reduction from 30 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There was a crisis when Gerald was a boy, when the Masters' Federation closed down the mines because the men would not accept a reduction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Not this, but the subtle thrills of extreme sensation in reduction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The modern trend of development in firearms has been toward the reduction of calibre, the standard for small arms being 30/100. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• There were people who were crying aloud for a reduction of armaments---- (But there the Director of Trench Warfare and Supplies was wrong. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There may, however, have been some small improvements in both, which may have occasioned some reduction of price. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This increase in output, of course, means a reduction in the cost of labor and of general expenses. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Reductions about one-half. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Too much stress must not be laid upon these striking reductions in the time distances of one place from another. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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