reducing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reducing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reducing n 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 Synonym(s): reduction, reducing loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reduce \Reduce"\ (r[esl]d[umac]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} (-d[umac]st"),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} (-d[umac]"s[icr]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red-. re-, re- + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to any former place or condition. [Obs.] And to his brother's house reduced his wife. --Chapman. The sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the great Shephered of souls oppose, or some of his delegates reduce and direct us. --Evelyn. 2. To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat. [bd]An ancient but reduced family.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. --Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears. --Milton. Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. --Hawthorne. 3. To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reducing \Redu"cing\ (r?d?"s?ng), a & n. from {Reduce}. {Reducing furnace} (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. {Reducing pipe fitting}, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. {Reducing valve}, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.