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sieventäminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rationalization noun The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
  • reduction noun The act of making something smaller, or the amount by which it has been decreased.

Senses

sieventäminen is used for these senses in English:

  • rationalization A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
  • rationalization (economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.
  • rationalization (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
  • reduction (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.

rationalization — full definition

  1. noun The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
  2. noun A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
  3. noun The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.
  4. noun The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.

reduction — full definition

  1. noun The act of making something smaller, or the amount by which it has been decreased.
  2. noun A sauce that has been boiled down until thick and concentrated.
  3. noun A medical procedure to reset a broken bone or dislocated joint.

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