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Reducer   Listen
noun
Reducer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, reduces.
2.
(Mach.)
(a)
A contrivance for reducing the dimensions of one part so as to fit it to another, as a reducing coupling, or a device for holding a drilling a chuck.
(b)
A reducing motion.
(c)
A reducing valve.
(d)
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 machines.
3.
(Photog.) A reducing agent, either a developer or an agent for reducing density.
4.
(Chem.) A reducing agent.





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"Reducer" Quotes from Famous Books



... mighty Czar of all flesh, ceaseless reducer of empires, unfathomable glutton in the whole realms ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller


Words linked to "Reducer" :   pipe fitting, chemical agent, reducing agent, reduce, reductant


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