significant reduction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandreduction
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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reduction
noun
uk/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This region has asignificantreductionin both the ion and the electron densities from their ambient values in the background plasma.
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Both groups achievedsignificantreductionin symptom severity over baseline, and there was no difference between groups on symptom severity at 10 weeks.
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There is asignificantreductionin hydrocarbon concentrations in sediments as the distance from the assumed hydrocarbon sources (contaminated sites located uphill) increases.
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Transport improvements in the course of the nineteenth century, accompanied by asignificantreduction in unit transport costs, essentially reinforced this pattern of trade.
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Neither delivery route produced anysignificantreductionin worm numbers compared with untreated controls.
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At discharge, we found asignificantreductionin psychopathology, but only marginal cognitive improvements.
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Asignificantreductionin the ablation pressure is found in comparison to the g 0 case.
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Over 18 months, there was asignificantreductionin manic relapses and improvements in overall social functioning and employment for the experimental group.
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Asignificantreductionin hospital competition may very well erase the gains in consumer welfare from regionalization.
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If the subtraction caused asignificantreductionin deviance, there was evidence of density-dependent deviation from exponential growth.
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In females (which bear the extra cost of ovary production), there is also asignificantreductionin red blood cell levels.
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There is almost nosignificantreductionin own-household agricultural labor evident from the random-effects estimates, and very little in the cross-sectional estimates.
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There was a highlysignificantreductionin cavity dimension and a marked increase in the mural thickness of the systemic ventricle.
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While the personal income data confirm that retirement entails asignificantreductionin income, the majority of the sample reported substantial household assets.
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The opossum, wallaby and platypus exhibit levels of conservation similar to the eutherian mammals within exons, however there is asignificantreductionin non-exonic conservation.
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Thissignificantreductionis consistent with the reduction in relative price inflation in this industry during recessions.
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There was nosignificantreductionin left lung perfusion in all except one who had left pulmonary artery stenosis before the coil occlusion.
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The proxicromil-treated animals showed asignificantreductionin both arterial and alveolar smooth muscle proliferation.
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