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Reduce — Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quality improvement organizations — (QIOs) monitor the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. They are private contractor extensions of the federal government that work under the auspices of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … Wikipedia
Quality function deployment — (QFD) was originally developed in Japan by Yoji Akao in 1966 when the author combined his work in quality assurance and quality control points with function deployment used in Value Engineering. Mr. Akao described QFD as a “method to transform… … Wikipedia
Quality Bus Corridor — Quality Bus Corridors (QBC) are an initiative to give dedicated road space and traffic signal priority to buses in Dublin in order to reduce journey times and improve service consistency. The aim of the initiative is to encourage people to change … Wikipedia
reduce — [ri do͞os′, ridyo͞os′] vt. reduced, reducing [ME reducen < L reducere, to lead back < re , back + ducere, to lead: see DUCT] 1. a) to lessen in any way, as in size, weight, amount, value, price, etc.; diminish b) to put into a simpler or… … English World dictionary
Quality of service — In the field of computer networking and other packet switched telecommunication networks, the traffic engineering term quality of service (QoS) refers to resource reservation control mechanisms rather than the achieved service quality. Quality of … Wikipedia
reduce — 01. The government hopes that by raising taxes on cigarettes, it will be able to [reduce] the number of teenagers who start smoking. 02. Criminologists believe that the [reduction] in violent crime in this country is due to the fact that our… … Grammatical examples in English
reduce — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, markedly, severely, sharply, significantly, substantially ▪ su … Collocations dictionary
quality — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 how good/bad sth is ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, exceptional, good, high, outstanding, superior, top ▪ All our cakes are made with top quality ingredients … Collocations dictionary
Quality Intellectual Property Metric — What is QIP Metric? = QIP (Quality Intellectual Property) Metric is an international standard, developed by Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) [http://www.vsi.org VSIA documents] for measuring IP or SIP (Silicon intellectual property)… … Wikipedia
