"reducer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈdusɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reducer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: reducers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French reduireder. Middle English reducen English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English reducer From reduce + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|reduce|-er&lt;id:agent noun&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old French reduireder. Middle English reducen English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. 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Middle English reducen English reduce Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English reducer From reduce + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} reducer (plural reducers)
  1. Something or someone that reduces. Translations (something that reduces): редуктор (reduktor) (Bulgarian), vähentäjä (Finnish), heikentäjä (Finnish), réducteur [masculine] (French), Reduzierer [masculine] (German), reductor [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (chemistry) A reducing agent.
    Sense id: en-reducer-en-noun-gpRnDZ~f Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (hydraulics) A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machine.
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  4. (photography) A liquid used in the process of developing a negative to reduce its darkness. Translations (photography: developing liquid): rebaixador [masculine] (Catalan), heikenne (Finnish)
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  5. A component used to connect two things of different sizes.
    Sense id: en-reducer-en-noun-3~BOuWST
  6. A component used to connect two things of different sizes.
    (plumbing) A component used to connect two pipes of different bores.
    Sense id: en-reducer-en-noun-l1~Pl9jS Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, plumbing
  7. (software) A function that takes state and action as arguments and returns the next state of the app.
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  8. (soccer) The reduction of the contribution to a football game of a more talented opponent by intimidation using a brutal tackle.
    Sense id: en-reducer-en-noun-OKWSM46o Categories (other): Football (soccer), English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 20 23 3 7 15 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 6 20 19 7 7 14 15 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: entrance reducer, Farmer's reducer Translations (plumbing component): supistaja (Finnish), Reduzierung [feminine] (German), złączka redukcyjna [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'plumbing component': 0 3 5 0 38 45 8 0

Inflected forms

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