EGAVE

reducer

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Something or someone that reduces.
  2. noun A reducing agent.
  3. noun A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
  4. noun A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness.
  5. noun A component used to connect two things of different sizes.
    This reducer ring allows an E27 lampshade to be used on a B22 light fitting.
  6. noun A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
  7. noun A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
  8. noun The reduction of the contribution to a football game of a more talented opponent by intimidation using a brutal tackle.

Similar words

reduction reducement decreaser diminisher diminution disincrease shrinker lessening decreasement downsizer

Often followed by

is and of to for in or with that

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