Chemical reaction in which an element gains an electron.
Act of reducing a quantity or a number.
The amount by which something is reduced.
The process of thickening a liquid mixture such as a sauce by evaporation
The act of abating or the state of being abated.
the act of decreasing or reducing something
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent