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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ir•re•duc•i•ble (ir′i do̅o̅′sə bəl, -dyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation adj. - not reducible;
incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further:the irreducible minimum. - incapable of being brought into a different condition or form.
- [Math.]
- Mathematicsof or pertaining to a polynomial that cannot be factored.
- Mathematicsof or pertaining to a group that cannot be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.
ir′re•duc′i•bil′i•ty, ir′re•duc′i•ble•ness, n. ir′re•duc′i•bly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: irreducible /ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪbəl/ adj - not able to be reduced or lessened
- not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form
- (of a polynomial) unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x² + 1)
- (of a radical) incapable of being reduced to a rational expression, as √(x + 1)
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