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Webster 1913 Edition


Reducing

Re-du′cing

(r?-d?′s?ng)
,
a &
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reducing

REDU'CING

,
ppr.
Bringing back; bringing to a former state, or to a different state or form; diminishing; subduing; impoverishing.

Definition 2024


reducing

reducing

English

Verb

reducing

  1. present participle of reduce

Adjective

reducing (comparative more reducing, superlative most reducing)

  1. (chemistry) That causes reduction.