1. The act or process of reducing. 2. a reduction in absenteeism. 3. a reduction of 12 percent in violent crime. 4. reduction division 5. A decrease in positive valence or an increase in negative valence by the gaining of electrons. 6. A reaction in which hydrogen is combined with a compound. 7. A reaction in which oxygen is removed from a compound. 8. The canceling of common factors in the numerator and denominator of a fraction. 9. The converting of a fraction to its decimal equivalent. 10. The converting of an expression or equation to its simplest form.
