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• reduce — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, abstract, acetify, acidify, acidulate, adjust, adjust to, adulterate, afflict, alkalify, alkalize, allay, alleviate, allow, alter, analyze, anatomize, anesthetize,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• reduce — [ri do͞os′, ridyo͞os′] vt. reduced, reducing [ME reducen < L reducere, to lead back < re , back + ducere, to lead: see DUCT] 1. a) to lessen in any way, as in size, weight, amount, value, price, etc.; diminish b) to put into a simpler or… …   English World dictionary

• 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 — 1. To place back into a preferred position; to perform reduction (1). 2. In chemistry, to initiate reduction (2). [L. re duco, to lead back, restore, r.] * * * Randomized Double Blind Un fractionated Heparin and Placebo Controlled Multicenter… …   Medical dictionary

• reduce — re•duce [[t]rɪˈdus, ˈdyus[/t]] v. duced, duc•ing 1) to bring down to a smaller size, amount, price, etc 2) to lower in degree, intensity, etc 3) to demote to a lower rank 4) to treat analytically, as a complex idea 5) to act destructively upon (a …   From formal English to slang

• reduce — [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• reduce — [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’… …   Word origins

• reduce — To lessen. To break a thing down into its various elements. To analyze a problem so that it can be solved. To impoverish. To bring to want. Anno: 2 ALR 1265 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Map reduce — MapReduce MapReduce est un framework de développement informatique, introduit par Google, dans lequel sont effectués des calculs parallèles, et souvent distribués, de données potentiellement très volumineuses (> 1 terabyte). Les terminologies… …   Wikipédia en Français

• List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… …   Wikipedia

• Roller coaster elements — Contents 1 Basic elements 1.1 Brake run 1.2 Buzz bars 1.3 …   Wikipedia