reductionrɪˈdʌk ʃən
reduction (n)
- plural
- reductions
English Definitions:
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down (noun)
the act of decreasing or reducing something
reduction, reducing (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
reduction, simplification (noun)
the act of reducing complexity
reduction (Noun)
The act, process, or result of reducing.
reduction (Noun)
The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
reduction (Noun)
A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
reduction (Noun)
The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
reduction (Noun)
The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
reduction (Noun)
a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
reduction (Noun)
An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
reduction (Noun)
A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
Reduction
In philosophy, reduction is the process by which one object, property, concept, theory, etc., is shown to be explicable in terms of another, lower level, entity. In particular, a concern of philosophy is as to the scope of physical theory, and whether, for example, all events are ultimately physical events, a discussion closely related to the topic of causal closure. In science, such reduction is generally desirable, because it explains why and how the thing which is being reduced exists, and because it promotes conceptual and theoretical economy. Reducing chemical properties to properties of atoms thus explains these properties and integrates them into a single explanatory framework, that of atomic structure. For example, we say that physical properties such as the boiling point of a substance are reducible to that substance’s molecular properties, because statistical mechanics explain why a liquid boils at a certain temperature using only the properties of its constituent atoms. Thus we might also describe reduction as a process analogous to absorption, by which one theory is wholly subsumed under another. Reductionism can be divided into three general areas – methodological, theoretical, and ontological – and reduction into two – theoretical and ontological.
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