According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
REDUCTIVE
reductive
(adjective) characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; “their views of life were reductive and depreciatory” - R.H.Rovere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
reductive (comparative more reductive, superlative most reductive)
(Scottish legal, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. [from 16th c.]
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something. [from 17th c.]
(chemistry, metallurgy, biology) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form. [from 17th c.]
(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else. [from 17th c.]
(now frequently pejorative) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist. [from 20th c.]
Antonyms
• oxidative
Source: Wiktionary
Re*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réductif.]
Definition: Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
– n.
Definition: A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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