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reduction
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the act of decreasing or reducing something
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Other meanings
2. noun
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
3. noun
the act of reducing complexity
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