reduction

The act or process of reducing.

The result of reducing.

The amount by which something is lessened or diminished.

A sauce that has been thickened or concentrated by boiling.

The first meiotic division, in which the chromosome number is reduced.

A decrease in positive valence or an increase in negative valence by the gaining of electrons.

A reaction in which hydrogen is combined with a compound.

A reaction in which oxygen is removed from a compound.