Irreducible Definition
ĭrĭ-do͝osə-bəl, -dyo͝o-
adjective
That cannot be reduced.
Webster's New World
Impossible to reduce to a desired, simpler, or smaller form or amount.
Irreducible burdens.
American Heritage
(mathematics, of a polynomial) Unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x^2 + 1).
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(topology, of a manifold) Not containing a sphere of codimension 1 that is not the boundary of a ball.
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Antonyms:
noun
(mathematics) Such a polynomial.
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Other Word Forms of Irreducible
Noun
Singular:
irreducible
Plural:
irreduciblesOrigin of Irreducible
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ir- + reducible
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