Definition of reducing

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Reducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reduc.

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Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction..
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..
Reducing :: Reducing () a & n. from Reduce.
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Codification :: Codification (n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol..
Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Water :: Water (n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken..
Enterotomy :: Enterotomy (n.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation..
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape..
Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t..
Capitulation :: Capitulation (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Poi :: Poi (n.) A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment..
Admortization :: Admortization (n.) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Polyspast :: Polyspast (n.) A machine consisting of many pulleys; specifically, an apparatus formerly used for reducing luxations..
Gold-beating :: Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer..
Scala :: Scala (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
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