| breakdown |
an analysis or reduction into smaller units. [1/3 definitions] |
| brownout |
a curtailment or reduction of available electrical power in a neighborhood or city. |
| compression |
the reduction in volume and increase in pressure of air or air mixed with fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine prior to ignition, or the engine cycle in which this process takes place. [1/3 definitions] |
| crunch |
(informal) a reduction or shortage of something necessary, or the difficulties caused by this. [1/6 definitions] |
| cut |
a reduction. [1/25 definitions] |
| cutback |
a reduction, as in employees or production. [1/2 definitions] |
| decrease |
the act of decreasing or condition of being decreased; diminishment; reduction. [1/4 definitions] |
| decrement |
the amount lost by a gradual reduction or decrease. (Cf. increment.) [1/2 definitions] |
| deflation |
a relatively sharp drop in prices, resulting from a reduction in available currency and credit. [1/2 definitions] |
| disarmament |
the act or process of disarming, esp. the reduction of a country's military force or arsenal. |
| discount |
to buy or sell (commercial paper) at a reduction based on interest to be accumulated before maturity. [1/12 definitions] |
| drug resistance |
the reduction in effectiveness of a drug in curing an infectious disease or cancer. Drug resistance typically develops when pathogenic cells or cancerous cells evolve the ability to tolerate a drug used to kill them. |
| fall-off |
a reduction or decline, as in quantity, vigor, or activity. |
| giveback |
a reduction in workers' salaries, benefits, or rights agreed to by a union during labor negotiations in exchange for some other concession by management or in recognition of depressed economic conditions. |
| inhibition |
the restraint or suppression of a biological process, such as the reduction of a reflex or nervous reaction by some drug. [1/3 definitions] |
| loss |
a reduction in size or amount. [1/6 definitions] |
| markdown |
a reduction in price, or the amount of such a reduction. |
| multidrug resistance |
the reduction in effectiveness of more than one drug in curing an infectious disease or cancer. Drug resistance typically develops when pathogenic cells or cancerous cells evolve the ability to tolerate drugs used to kill them. |
| redox |
used as a short form of "oxidation-reduction," a chemical reaction in which one substance loses electrons to another substance. [1/2 definitions] |
| reducing agent |
a substance that chemically reduces or causes reduction in another substance, and that is itself oxidized in the process. |
| reduction |
in chemistry, a process that adds electrons to an element, compound, or ion, resulting in a reduction in charge. [1/5 definitions] |