Reducing /(r?*d?"s?ng)/
Re·du·cing
Reducing
a & n.
- a & n. from Reduce.
Phrases & Compounds
- Reducing furnace
- a furnace for reducing ores.
- Reducing pipe fitting
- a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.
- Reducing valve
- a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.