reductor
/rɪˈdʌktər/
noun
- A device or substance that reduces something, especially in a chemical or mechanical context.
- A reductor is used in the pipeline to lower the pressure of the flowing gas.
- The reductor in the laboratory converts the compound to its simpler form.
- The mechanic replaced the reductor to ensure the machine operated smoothly.
- A person who reduces or simplifies something.
- The editor acted as a reductor, cutting the long article to half its length.
- As a reductor of complex ideas, the teacher made the lesson easy to understand.
- He was known as a reductor of waste, always finding ways to use less material.
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