different between reduction vs disarmament

English

Etymology

From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reducti?, reducti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?k??n/
• (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA^(key): /?i?d?k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: re?duc?tion

Noun

reduction (countable and uncountable, plural reductions)

1. The act, process, or result of reducing.
2. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.

   A 5% reduction in robberies

3. (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
4. (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
5. (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
6. (computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
7. (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
8. (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
9. (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

   Synonym: taxis

10. (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.

Synonyms

• (act, process, or result of reducing): decline, lessening; See also Thesaurus:diminution
• (amount by which something is reduced): extract, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement

Antonyms

• (act, process, or result of reducing): elevation, expansion, increase, promotion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
• (amount by which something is reduced): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
• (chemistry): oxidation

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Anagrams

• introduce

English

Etymology

disarm +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???(r)m?m?nt/

Noun

disarmament (countable and uncountable, plural disarmaments)

1. The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
2. The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.
   • 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 11, page 15)

     With spears, swords and knives flying off the stage from intended defensive disarmament, no one sitting near the stage could afford to even blink his eyes.

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