transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈdək-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English reduccion restoration, from Middle French reducion, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin reduction-, reductio reduction (in a syllogism), from Latin, restoration, from reducere
Date: 15th century
1. : the act or process of reducing : the state of being reduced
2.
a. : something made by reducing
b. : the amount by which something is reduced
3.
[Spanish reducción, from Latin reduction-, reductio ]
: a South American Indian settlement directed by Jesuit missionaries
4. : meiosis 2 ; specifically : production of the gametic chromosome number in the first meiotic division
• re·duc·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective