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• reduce to the ranks — lower in rank, lower status …   English contemporary dictionary

• Rank (linear algebra) — The column rank of a matrix A is the maximum number of linearly independent column vectors of A. The row rank of a matrix A is the maximum number of linearly independent row vectors of A. Equivalently, the column rank of A is the dimension of the …   Wikipedia

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• reduce — v. 1) (D; tr.) to reduce in (he was reduced in rank) 2) (d; tr.) to reduce to (she was reduced to poverty; the corporal was reduced to the rank of private) * * * [rɪ djuːs] (d; tr.) to reduce in (he was reduced in rank) (d; tr.) to reduce to (she …   Combinatory dictionary

• rank — ▪ I. rank rank 1 [ræŋk] noun [countable] 1. a particular level of job in an organization, especially a government organization or the army: • His father retired with the rank of major. • Knight Ridder named Maxwell King, 46, to succeed Mr.… …   Financial and business terms

• reduce — verb (reduced; reducing) Etymology: Middle English, to lead back, from Latin reducere, from re + ducere to lead more at tow Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to draw together or cause to converge ; consolidate < re …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reduce — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. (foll. by to) bring by force or necessity (to some undesirable state or action) (reduced them to tears; were reduced to begging). 3 tr. convert to another (esp. simpler) form (reduced it to a …   Useful english dictionary

• The theory of a second-best solution — concerns the events that happen when a condition for an optimal outcome isn t met. In that case a second best solution should be sought. But the second best solution isn t always the one where every other condition is met except the one missing… …   Wikipedia

• Reduce — Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English