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reducible
[ ri-doo-suh-buhl, -dyoo- ]
adjective
- 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.
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Other Words From
- re·duci·bili·ty re·duci·ble·ness noun
- re·duci·bly adverb
- nonre·duci·bili·ty noun
- nonre·duci·ble adjective
- nonre·duci·bly adverb
- unre·duci·ble adjective
- unre·duci·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reducible1
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Example Sentences
If the book were reducible to a thesis, it might be the simple claim that some things exceed our capacity for comprehension.
From The Daily Beast
Variously described by various writers, the actual circumstance seems reducible to this.
From Project Gutenberg
They are very flexible, and easily reducible into a flocculent mass.
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The canons of pecuniary decency are reducible for the present purpose to the principles of waste, futility, and ferocity.
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According to us, there are four classes of duties, and these four classes are not reducible the one to the other.
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Slags containing sulphides are especially apt to retain the more easily reducible metals.
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