reducible
capable of being reduced.
Mathematics.
of or relating to a polynomial that can be factored into the product of polynomials, each of lower degree.
of or relating to a group that can be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.
of or relating to a set whose set of accumulation points is countable.
Origin of reducible
1Other words from reducible
- re·duc·i·bil·i·ty, re·duc·i·ble·ness, noun
- re·duc·i·bly, adverb
- non·re·duc·i·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·re·duc·i·ble, adjective
- non·re·duc·i·bly, adverb
- un·re·duc·i·ble, adjective
- un·re·duc·i·bly, adverb
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How to use reducible in a sentence
If the book were reducible to a thesis, it might be the simple claim that some things exceed our capacity for comprehension.
Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book | Nick Romeo | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVariously described by various writers, the actual circumstance seems reducible to this.
Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. SteeleThey are very flexible, and easily reducible into a flocculent mass.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftThe canons of pecuniary decency are reducible for the present purpose to the principles of waste, futility, and ferocity.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenAccording to us, there are four classes of duties, and these four classes are not reducible the one to the other.
Elements of Morals | Paul Janet
Slags containing sulphides are especially apt to retain the more easily reducible metals.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
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