μείωση — meaning in English

English meaning

• meiosis noun A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
• reduction noun The act of making something smaller, or the amount by which it has been decreased.

Senses

μείωση is used for these senses in English:

• meiosis (usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
• reduction The act, process, or result of reducing.
• reduction The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.

meiosis — full definition

1. noun A type of cell division that produces four sex cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. It happens in two rounds and shuffles genetic material, so no two gametes are identical.
2. noun A figure of speech in which something is deliberately described as smaller or less important than it is, for ironic effect.
3. noun Abnormal narrowing of the pupil of the eye, more usually spelled miosis.

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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