the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

talks on arms reduction

there had been a reduction in the number of casualties

a thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount

the action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position

we must see if the fracture requires reduction

the process or result of reducing or being reduced

the reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon

substitution of a sound which requires less muscular effort to articulate

the process of vowel reduction