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pseudoreductions

pseudoreductions is the plural of pseudoreduction.

Meaning of pseudoreduction

Noun

pseudoreduction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreductions)

  1. Something that resembles a reduction but is not a true reduction.
    • In Field's view, Tarski's truth characterization inherits its inadequacy as a reduction from the pseudoreductions that constitute its base clauses. Thus Field's strategy for solving the problem is to provide genuine reductions for the notions of denotation and application, […]1999, Scott Soames, Understanding Truth, page 109
  2. The period of tetrad formation in nuclear division.

Questions about pseudoreductions

What is pseudoreductions the plural of?
Pseudoreductions is the plural of pseudoreduction.

Words near pseudoreductions in the dictionary

  1. pseudorecombination
  2. pseudorecombinations
  3. pseudorecombined
  4. pseudoreduced
  5. pseudoreduction
  6. pseudoreductions
  7. pseudoreference
  8. pseudoreferendum
  9. pseudoreferendums
  10. pseudoreflection
  11. pseudoreflections

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