The phrase "a reduction in length" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decrease in the size or measurement of an object or material.
Example: "The engineer noted a reduction in length of the beam after the temperature changes."
Alternatives: "a decrease in length" or "a shortening in length".
The effect of Wollastonite in resisting drying shrinkage was investigated and test results showed a reduction in length change for both mortar mixes with 30% cement replacement and 30% sand replacement up to 47% and 44% respectively.
The reforms demanded of the council are a reduction in length of tenure and the introduction of more women, more councillors from ethnic minorities, more ex-footballers and more representatives of supporter groups.
(p 0.013) and ICU LOS (p 0.0009), with a trend towards a reduction in length of renal replacement therapy (p 0.06) (Table 64).
A recent randomised controlled trial (RCT) involving early and continued orthogeriatrician input showed a significant reduction in inpatient mortality and a trend to reduction in 12-month mortality [16] as well as a reduction in length of stay following the intervention.
Other authors have reported a reduction in length and a simplification of dendritic trees of hippocampal pyramidal cells in diabetic rodents [4], [25].
Such a reduction in length could be explained by the actions of proteins that compact DNA and which are not taken into account in the above model.
Allocation to HaH resulted in a reduction in hospital length of stay, but HaH increased overall length of care.
Increased intracellular CaM caused a reduction of cell cycle length that is solely due to a reduction in the length of the G1 phase.
This in turn caused a reduction in sarcomere length, which we scaled up to give the expected cell length L as shown in Figure 5 d).
Kress et al. [ 15], by protocolizing sedation interruption, showed a reduction in the length of mechanical ventilatory support from 7.3 to 4.9 days, and a reduction in ICU length of stay (LOS) from 9.9 days to 6.4 days.
Patients presenting as an emergency experienced a reduction in the length of time they had to wait for key investigations and results and an overall reduction in their length of stay on the gynaecology emergency ward following reconfiguration.
