What is the act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol called?
reduction — (Chem. & Metal.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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