irreducible
pronunciation
How to pronounce irreducible in British English:
UK [ˌɪrɪˈdju:səbl]
How to pronounce irreducible in American English:
US [ˌɪrɪˈdusəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being made smaller or simpler
Word Origin
- irreducible (adj.)
- 1530s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + reducible. Related: Irreducibly; irreducibility.
Example
- 1. The irreducible essence of art .
- 2. Treatment of reducible and irreducible hernia .
- 3. Forget the qualitative , unquantifiable and irreducible elements , and you are left with so much junk .
- 4. The scientific method is defined by the search for the irreducible truth .
- 5. Returns the irreducible fraction of this fraction .