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reducting

reducting is the present participle and gerund of reduct.

Meaning of reduct

Verb

reduct (third-person singular simple present reducts, present participle reducting, simple past and past participle reducted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To reduce.
  2. (nonstandard) To duct tape again.
  3. (nonstandard) To channel through a duct again.

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Questions about reducting

What is reducting the present participle and gerund of?
Reducting is the present participle and gerund of reduct.

Words near reducting in the dictionary

  1. reductases
  2. reductasic
  3. reducted
  4. reductibilities
  5. reductibility
  6. reducting
  7. reductio ad absurdum
  8. reductio ad absurdums
  9. reductio ad Hitlerum
  10. reductio ad Hitlerums
  11. reductio ad Stalinum

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