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adj
Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Qualifier: Scots law
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adj
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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adj
That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
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adj
That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: now frequently derogatory
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adjective satellite
characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment - R.H.Rovere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”).
