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pseudoreduction en · NOUN

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Etymology

From pseudo- + reduction.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) The period of tetrad formation in nuclear division.

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