volume reduction

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• réduction — [ redyksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • fin XIIIe « rapprochement »; lat. reductio, de reducere → réduire I ♦ (XIVe) Opération qui consiste à remettre en place (un os luxé, fracturé; un organe déplacé). Réduction d une articulation luxée. Par ext. Réduction d une… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• volume — [ vɔlym ] n. m. • XIIIe; lat. volumen « feuilles manuscrites enroulées », rad. volvere « rouler » I ♦ 1 ♦ (1270) Réunion d un certain nombre de cahiers (notamment imprimés) brochés ou reliés ensemble. ⇒ 1. livre. La bibliothèque royale « s… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Volume rendering — is a technique used to display a 2D projection of a 3D discretely sampled data set.A typical 3D data set is a group of 2D slice images acquired by a CT or MRI scanner.Usually these are acquired in a regular pattern (e.g., one slice every… …   Wikipedia

• lung volume reduction — see under surgery …   Medical dictionary

• lung volume reduction surgery — surgical removal of a nonfunctional area of the lung as a treatment of pulmonary emphysema …   Medical dictionary

• Reduction of the structure group — In mathematics, in particular the theory of principal bundles, one can ask if a G bundle comes from a subgroup H < G. This is called reduction of the structure group (to H), and makes sense for any map H o G, which need not be an inclusion… …   Wikipedia

• Reduction (recursion theory) — In computability theory, many reducibility relations (also called reductions, reducibilities, and notions of reducibility) are studied. They are motivated by the question: given sets A and B of natural numbers, is it possible to effectively… …   Wikipedia

• volume — an amount or quantity of business activity. Glossary of Business Terms The number of purchases or sales of a commodity futures contract made during a specific period of time, often the total transactions for one trading day. Chicago Board of… …   Financial and business terms

• Volume — This is the daily number of shares of a security that change hands between a buyer and a seller. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * volume vol‧ume [ˈvɒljuːm ǁ ˈvɑːljəm] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. the amount of space that a… …   Financial and business terms

• Reduction (cooking) — In cooking, reduction is the process of thickening or intensifying the flavor of a liquid mixture such as a soup, sauce, wine, or juice by evaporation. Common preparations involving reductions include* Consommés, reduced and clarified stocks *… …   Wikipedia

• volume discount — A reduction in price based on the purchase of a large quantity. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * volume discount volume discount ➔ discount1 * * * volume discount UK US noun [C] COMMERCE ► a cheaper price than usual for customers who buy a… …   Financial and business terms