reduction division

American  

noun

Biology.

1. the first division of meiosis in which the number of chromosomes is reduced to half the original number.

2. meiosis.

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reduction division British  

noun

1. another name for meiosis

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Etymology

Origin of reduction division

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

“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

In some forms the reduction division occurs in the secondary spermatocytes instead of the primary.

From Project Gutenberg

"At this point, all the meteorological conditions are offshore so there are no implications, for Japan or other countries near Japan," Maryam Golnaraghi, chief of WMO's disaster risk reduction division, told a briefing.

From Reuters

I'm also contemplating applying my experience in energy efficiency by working internally within a large corporation's sustainability or energy reduction division.

From BusinessWeek

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 Project Gutenberg