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Meaning of reductive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

reductive

Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.

  2. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.

  3. That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.

  4. That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.