relative reduction

collocation in English

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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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 ofrelativeandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Cost savings were estimated at 292 per patient (relativereduction10%) and were mainly achieved in the treatment course (259).
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The migration patterns were apparently not the result of economic success but arelativereductionin agricultural productivity caused by population growth and land division.
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Differences remain even after accounting forrelativereductionof olfactory structures in primates.
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However, part of thisrelativereductionwas due to an increase in growth rate of the controls populations, presumably an expression of adaptation to conditions in our laboratory.
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I welcome therelativereductionin subsidies and the reconversion measures which must not, however, lead to abandoned land being taken over.
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A tendency towards greater inequality, towards arelativereductionin collective consumption, and an increase in conspicuous waste creates its own undoing.
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Arelativereductionin rates for small business premises would serve only to increase that demand.
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An act of devaluation is, after all, a deliberaterelativereductionof the national standard of living.
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It is undoubtedly true that therelativereductionof armaments will not stop wars.
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If the growth rate in the economy is high, clearly there is some room for arelativereductionwhile maintaining a high standard of public services.
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A high adherence to the diet was associated with an 83%relativereductionin the risk of developing diabetes.
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There was a 30%relativereductionin the risk of death with simvastatin treatment.
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The population attributable fraction provides an indication of therelativereductionin new cases of the disease in the event that this could be done.
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This occurs several hours after ingestion and after arelativereductionin blood alcohol levels.
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Therelativereductionof diameter of piping or increase of the surface roughness can be of particular interest when the impact of fouling on pressure drop is of interest.
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Some studies claim modest, relative reductions, but more recent studies are finding significant and meaningful reductions in recidivism rates (see below).
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