downsizing

English

Verb

downsizing

1. Present participle of downsize.

Noun

downsizing (plural downsizings)

1. An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized

   He lost his job in the last downsizing.

2. miniaturization
3. (automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

   Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

Translations

downsizing of the workforce

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁員 (cmn), 裁员 (cmn) (cáiyuán)

• Finnish: supistaminen (fi)

• Japanese: ダウンサイジング (ja) (daunsaizingu), リストラ (ja) (risutora)
• Russian: сокращение (ru) (sokraščénije) n

miniaturization

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小型化 (cmn) (xiǎoxínghuà)

• Finnish: pienentäminen (fi)

reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

• Finnish: pienentäminen (fi)