Category:Reducing

Re*du"cing (r*d"sng),

Defn: a & n. from reduce. Reducing furnace (metal.), a furnace for Reducing ores. -- reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a Tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. -- reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a Diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other Receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is Higher than is desired in the receiver.