irreducible
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ɪˈdu adjective
1.
not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
2.
incapable of being brought into a different condition or form.
3.
Mathematics.
a.
of or pertaining to a polynomial that cannot be factored.
b.
of or pertaining to a group that cannot be written as the direct product of two of its subgroups.
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irreducible (ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not able to be reduced or lessened |
| 2. | not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form |
| 3. | maths |
| a. (of a polynomial) unable to be factorized into polynomials of lower degree, as (x² + 1) | |
| b. (of a radical) incapable of being reduced to a rational expression, as √(x + 1) | |
| irreduci'bility | |
| —n | |
| irre'ducibleness | |
| —n | |
| irre'ducibly | |
| —adv | |
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Medical Dictionary
irreducible ir·re·duc·i·ble (ĭr'ĭ-d&oomacr;'sə-bəl, -dy&oomacr;'-)
adj.
Impossible to reduce to a desired, simpler, or smaller form or amount.
Incapable of being made chemically simpler, or of being replaced, hydrogenated, or reduced in positive charge.
ir're·duc'i·bil'i·ty or ir're·duc'i·ble·ness n.
ir're·duc'i·bly adv.
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Example sentences
The evidence from genetic science is overwhelmingly against the case for irreducible complexity.
Those cultures are irreducible to the regulatory environment or to economic behaviour.
Those cultures are irreducible to the regulatory environment or to economic behaviour.
Geology presents its irreducible beauty in raw appearances-and who would gainsay it.
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