This process is also called "reduction of complexity".

In the analysis of both grouping and prolongation Cureton uses a procedure he calls reduction.

The process of converting a denominate numbers to an equivalent form that uses a different unit is called reduction.

In these districts, the new regulations call for an 80 percent "temporary" reduction in the wolf population.

This is called reduction of the structure group (to ), and makes sense for any map , which need not be an inclusion (despite the terminology).

They had left a trail of lemon-squeezed planets behind; they were very efficient at what they called investment and reduction.

Mr. Dole will call for a 15 percent across-the-board reduction in personal income tax rates, starting in 1997 and spread over three years.

This process of directly reducing the iron ore in solid form by reducing gases is called direct reduction.

The pronunciation of contractions is called verbal reduction.

The process is often called lithic reduction.