noun
Etymology
Origin of reduction division
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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“On Skid Row, it’s a day-to-day crisis. It’s visible,” said Shoshanna Scholar, director of the harm reduction division at the Los Angeles County Health Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
For this reason, meiosis I is referred to as a reduction division.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Figures 184 a and 185 show that the unequal components of the unsymmetrical pair, as well as the equal components of the symmetrical pairs, are separated in metakinesis, making this clearly a reduction division.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Stevens, Nettie Maria
This, however, appeared later as a product of the further evolution of the zygote, and the reduction division was correspondingly postponed.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
In some forms the reduction division occurs in the secondary spermatocytes instead of the primary.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
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