reductive

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more reductive

Superlative

most reductive

1.
(archaic)(Scots law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
2.
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
3.
(chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
4.
(archaic, historical)(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
5.
(now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

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oxidative

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French réductif, from reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (to reduce).