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reduce verb

  /ɹɪˈd(j)us/ , /ɹɪˈdjuːs/ , /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/ , [ɹɪˈd(j)ʉːs] , [ɹɪˈdɪu̯s]
  • (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
 vähentää, supistaa, alentaa, laskea, pienentää
  • (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
 alistaa, kukistaa, nöyryyttää
  • (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
 huonontaa
  • (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
 keittää kokoon
keventyä, laihtua
  • (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
  • (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
 pelkistää
  • (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
 sieventää

reducer noun

  /ɹɪˈdusɚ/
  • (photography) A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
 heikenne
  • Something that reduces.
 heikentäjä, vähentäjä
  • (plumbing) A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
 supistaja

reducing

vähennys
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