huán​yuán HSK7

reduction

Senses

还原/ 還原 huán​yuán reduction

(chemistry) A process in which a substance gains electrons or loses oxygen atoms.

还原/ 還原 huán​yuán to restore

To return to an original state, condition, or position; to reconstruct an event.

还原/ 還原 huán​yuán inverse operation

(mathematics) To perform a calculation in reverse to return to the original value or verify a result.

还原/ 還原 huán​yuán recursive

(linguistics, computing) Pertaining to or involving recursion; returning to a previous state in a hierarchical structure.

References

antonym 还原/還原 氧化/氧化