(n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced;
conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the
reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the
reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious
province.
(n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6.
and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
(v. t.) The correction of observations for known errors of
instruments, etc.
(v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of
observations in order to deduce a general result.
(v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a
figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper
proportions.
(v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called
imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
(v. t.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the
reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from
alcohol.
(v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured
part to its former place.
