REDUCIBLE

reducible

(adjective) capable of being reduced; “reducible to a set of principles of human nature”- Edmund Wilson

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

reducible (comparative more reducible, superlative most reducible)

Capable of being reduced.

(mathematics, of a polynomial) Able to be factored into polynomials of lower degree, as \(x^2-1\).

(mathematics, of an integer) Able to be factored into smaller integers; composite.

(topology, of a manifold) Containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.

Antonyms

• irreducible

• increasable

Source: Wiktionary


Re*du"ci*ble (-s*b'll), a.

Definition: Capable of being reduced.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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