reducing pipe fitting

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reducing pipe fitting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reducing \Re*du"cing\ (r?*d?"s?ng),
     a & n. from Reduce.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]