the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.

the amount by which something is reduced or diminished.

a form produced by reducing; a copy on a smaller scale.

Cell Biology . meiosis, esp. the first meiotic cell division in which the chromosome number is reduced by half.

Chemistry . the process or result of reducing.

Movies . the process of making a print of a narrower gauge from a print of a wider gauge

the reduction of 35-mm films to 16-mm for the school market.

a village or settlement of Indians in South America established and governed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries.

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abatement , curtailment , cut , cutback , decrement , diminishment , diminution , drain , slash , slowdown , taper , degradation , devaluation , markdown , write-down , discount , rebate , attrition , conquest , contraction , debasement , decline , downgrading , minimization , overthrow , shrinkage , subdual , subjection , subjugation , subtraction