1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
同義詞:decrease, diminution, step-down
2. 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
同義詞:reducing
3. the act of reducing complexity
同義詞:simplification
- 習慣用語
- reductionto absurdity 【邏】歸謬法(為了證明某一命題的真實, 而證明其對立面為謬誤的方法); 反證論法