reducing : Idioms & Phrases
Reducing furnace
(Metal.) , a furnace for reducing ores.
Webster 1913
Reducing pipe fitting
- a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.
Webster 1913
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.