penurunan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed turun +‎ peng- -an, from Malay penurunan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə.nu.ˈrʊn.an/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: pê‧nu‧run‧an

Noun

pênurunan (plural penurunan-penurunan)

  1. lowering, reducing, decline, decrement, loss, decrease
  2. reduction:
    1. the act, process, or result of reducing
      Synonyms: pengurangan, reduksi
    2. the amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price
      Synonyms: pemotongan, reduksi
  3. discharging, disembarkation (of passenger)
  4. (obstetrics) descent: the passage of the presenting part of the fetus into and through the birth canal.
  5. unloading
    Synonym: pembongkaran
  6. downgrading
  7. subsidence
  8. derivation, deriving
  9. (colloquial) descent, slope

Derived terms

  • penurunan bentuk

Further reading

Malay

Noun

penurunan (plural penurunan-penurunan)

  1. fall
  2. reduction:
    1. (mathematics) the rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
      Synonym: penyederhanaan (Indonesian)
    2. (chemistry) a reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
      Synonym: reduksi (Indonesian)
  3. disembarkation

Descendants

  • Indonesian: penurunan

Further reading