redukcja
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See also: redukcją
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French réduction.[1][2] First attested in the 18th century.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
redukcja f (related adjective redukcyjny)
- reduction (act, process, or result of reducing)
- Synonym: zmniejszanie
- (business) downsizing (act of reducing number of employees)
- reduction (lowering the value by reducing it to something simpler)
- (chemistry) reduction (reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen)
- (phonology) reduction (weakening of the articulation of sounds or their disappearance in words)
- (logic) deduction (process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true)
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) reduction (Catholic missionary institution established in the 17th century in South America)
Declension
Declension of redukcja
Related terms
verbs
- redukować impf, zredukować pf
Descendants
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “redukcja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “redukcja”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ “REDUKCYJA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.06.2015
Further reading
- redukcja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- redukcja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “redukcja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “redukcja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 494