reducción

Definitions of reducción
  1. noun
    a reduction in quantity or rate
    synonyms: recorte, rescisión
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    type of:
    merma
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
  2. noun
    the act of decreasing something markedly
    synonyms: agotamiento, disminución
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    types:
    fuga de cerebros
    depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel
    type of:
    merma
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
  3. noun
    the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
    synonyms: desecho
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    type of:
    toma de decisiones
    the cognitive process of reaching a decision
  4. noun
    a change downward
    synonyms: amaine, atenuación, disminución, menoscabo, rebaja
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    antonyms:
    aumento, crecimiento, incremento
    a change resulting in an increase
    types:
    encogimiento
    process or result of becoming less or smaller
    mengua
    a becoming gradually less
    contracción
    the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
    type of:
    cambio, modificación
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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