English to English Dictionary

Reducer

A device or pipe fitting used to connect pipes of different diameters.

Reducible

Capable of being reduced, simplified, or converted to a simpler or different form.

Reducing agent

A substance that loses electrons and is oxidized in a chemical reaction, thereby causing the reduction of another substance.

Reductant

A substance that tends to bring about reduction by being oxidized and losing electrons in a chemical reaction.

Reduction

The action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Reductionism

The practice of analyzing and describing a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents, especially when this is held to provide a sufficient explanation.

Reductor

A substance that acts as a reducing agent in a chemical reaction, donating electrons to another substance.

Redundant

Not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous.

Reduzierpreis

A price that has been reduced from its original amount.

Reed

A tall, slender-leaved grass of the family Poaceae that grows in wet places or shallow water.

Reef

A ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.

Reek

A strong, unpleasant smell.