abatementnoun An amount abated abatementnoun the act of abating or the state of being abated abbreviationnoun mathematics: reduction to lower terms reductionnoun act, process, or result of reducing reductionnoun amount or rate by which something is reduced reductionnoun chemistry: reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced reductionnoun computability theory: a transformation of one problem into another problem reductionnoun cooking: process of concentrating a sauce reductionnoun math: rewriting an expression reductionnoun medical procedure to restore a fracture retrenchmentnoun reduction or curtailment |