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Reductant
- noun - a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
Reductase
- noun - an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
Reduction
- noun - any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the act of reducing complexity
Reductios
- noun - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
Reductive
- adjective - characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere
Refaction
- - Recompense; atonement; retribution.
Refection
- noun - a light meal or repast
Refectory
- noun - a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
- A room where meals are served, especially in a college or other institution